Where does “noncocompact” come from?

noncocompact (English) comes from English cocompact, from English Compact, from Latin compactum, from Latin compaciscor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

noncocompact (English): Not cocompact

Definitions

  1. Not cocompact

Ancestry of “noncocompact”, step by step

noncocompact traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cocompact

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocompactHaving a compact quotient space
2EnglishCompactAn agreement or contract
3Latincompactumaccusative supine of compacīscor; agreement
4LatincompaciscorI make an agreement or form a compact with
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-