Where does “nonconserver” come from?

nonconserver (English) comes from English conserver, from English conserve, from French conserver, from German konservieren, from Italian conservare, from Spanish conservar, from Latin cōnservō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

nonconserver (English): A person who has not yet learned that certain properties of objects, such as the volume of a liquid or the number of items in a set, are conserved during physical transformations

Definitions

  1. A person who has not yet learned that certain properties of objects, such as the volume of a liquid or the number of items in a set, are conserved during physical transformations

Ancestry of “nonconserver”, step by step

nonconserver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English conserver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconserverOne who conserves
2EnglishconserveWilderness where human development is prohibited;...
3Frenchconserverto keep; to retain, conserve, preserve
4Germankonservierento conserve, to preserve
5Italianconservareto keep, preserve, retain, conserve, hold, save;...
6Spanishconservarto conserve
7Latincōnservōto conserve, to preserve, to save, to guard, to protect
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-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-
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