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Where does “nonefficiency” come from?

nonefficiency (English) comes from English efficiency, from Latin efficientia, from Latin efficiens, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

nonefficiency (English): The quality of being nonefficient

Definitions

  1. The quality of being nonefficient

Ancestry of “nonefficiency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishefficiencyThe extent to which time is well used for the...
2Latinefficientiainflection of efficiēns: ## nominative neuter...
3Latinefficiensproducing, and related senses of the action;...
4Latinefficiō—
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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