Where does “nondeleting” come from?
nondeleting (English) comes from English deleting, from English delete, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
nondeleting (English): Not deleting
Definitions
- Not deleting
Ancestry of “nondeleting”, step by step
nondeleting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deleting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deleting | present participle of delete |
| 2 | English | delete | To remove, get rid of or erase, especially... |
| 3 | Latin | dēlētus | destroyed |
| 4 | Latin | dēleō | to destroy, raze, annihilate |
| 5 | Latin | oleō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | oleō | to stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oléye- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |