Where does “noncommittalism” come from?
noncommittalism (English) comes from English noncommittal, from English committal, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
noncommittalism (English): A noncommittal attitude
Definitions
- A noncommittal attitude
Ancestry of “noncommittalism”, step by step
noncommittalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English noncommittal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | noncommittal | Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or... |
| 2 | English | committal | The act of entrusting something to someone; The... |
| 3 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 4 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 5 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |