Where does “noncompetition” come from?
I need to work through this chain carefully, as it appears to have some issues.
Looking at the chain provided (newest to oldest):
English competition | French compétition | Latin nouns | Latin novem | Latin peto | English nine | Latin com | Latin com
This chain seems problematic - it mixes unrelated etymologies. "Competition" comes from Latin "competere" (com- + petere, "to seek together"), not from "novem" (nine). The chain as presented doesn't form a coherent path.
However, I'm instructed to "state only what the chain supports" and not invent steps. The chain given doesn't logically support a coherent etymology for "noncompetition."
Given the constraint that I must work with what's provided but the chain is incoherent, I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology.
**I cannot complete this task as written.** The
noncompetition (English): Of or pertaining to an agreement not to compete...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an agreement not to compete...
Ancestry of “noncompetition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | competition | The action of competing; A contest for a prize or... |
| 2 | French | compétition | competition |
| 3 | Late Latin | competitio | rivalry; competition |
| 4 | Latin | competō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |