Where does “nonchallenging” come from?
nonchallenging (English) comes from English challenging, from Middle English chalengynge, from Middle English chalengen, from Old French chalengier, from Latin calumnior, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic kalwomniā, from Proto-Italic kalwomnos — deceiving, accusing.
nonchallenging (English): Not challenging
Definitions
- Not challenging
Ancestry of “nonchallenging”, step by step
nonchallenging traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English challenging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | challenging | present participle of challenge; Difficult, hard... |
| 2 | Middle English | chalengynge | Slander, defamation; the propagation of untrue and unflattering claims |
| 3 | Middle English | chalengen | To insult, criticise, or reprehend something or... |
| 4 | Old French | chalengier | Alternative form of chalongier |
| 5 | Latin | calumnior | I depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate,... |
| 6 | Latin | calumnia | A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kalwomniā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kalwomnos | deceiving, accusing |