Where does “noncommencement” come from?
noncommencement (English) comes from English commencement, from French commencement, from Old French comencement, from Old French comencier, from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
noncommencement (English): Absence of commencement; failure to begin
Definitions
- Absence of commencement; failure to begin
Ancestry of “noncommencement”, step by step
noncommencement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commencement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commencement | The first existence of anything; act or fact of... |
| 2 | French | commencement | beginning, start |
| 3 | Old French | comencement | start; beginning |
| 4 | Old French | comencier | to start; to begin |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cominitiare | present active infinitive of *cominitiō;... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |