Where does “noncompositional” come from?

noncompositional (English) comes from English compositional, from English composition, from Middle English composicioun, from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

noncompositional (English): Not compositional

Definitions

  1. Not compositional

Ancestry of “noncompositional”, step by step

noncompositional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English compositional

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompositionalOf or pertaining to composition; Being the sum of...
2EnglishcompositionThe act of putting together; assembly; A mixture...
3Middle EnglishcomposiciounThe makeup, ingredients, or composition of...
4Old Frenchcomposicioncomposition
5Latincompositiōarrangement, combination
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-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

Words derived from “noncompositional

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-