Where does “nondiscontinuance” come from?
nondiscontinuance (English) comes from English discontinuance, from Old French descontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuo, from Latin continuo, from Latin continuus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
nondiscontinuance (English): Absence of discontinuance; failure to discontinue something
Definitions
- Absence of discontinuance; failure to discontinue something
Ancestry of “nondiscontinuance”, step by step
nondiscontinuance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English discontinuance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discontinuance | The occurrence of something being discontinued; a... |
| 2 | Old French | descontinuer | to separate |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | discontinuo | I disunite; I discontinue |
| 4 | Latin | continuo | I join, connect, unite; I extend, prolong,... |
| 5 | Latin | continuus | continuous, uninterrupted, successive; straight,... |
| 6 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |