Where does “noncash” come from?
Noncash is a modern English formation combining the prefix non- with cash, which derives from Middle French caisse, Old Occitan caissa, Latin capsa meaning box or container, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root keh₂p- meaning to seize or hold.
noncash (English): In a form other than cash; thus often in kind
Definitions
- In a form other than cash; thus often in kind
Ancestry of “noncash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | non- | Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of... |
| 2 | Latin | nōnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 4 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |