Where does “noncreative” come from?

noncreative (English) comes from English creative, from Latin creativus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

noncreative (English): Not creative

Definitions

  1. Not creative

Ancestry of “noncreative”, step by step

noncreative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English creative

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcreativeTending to create things, or having the ability...
2Latincreativuscreative
3Latincreōto create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively)
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

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 ker-