Where does “nonentrenchment” come from?
nonentrenchment (English) comes from English entrenchment, from English entrench, from English trench, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres.
nonentrenchment (English): The principle that laws are free to be amended by future legislative majorities
Definitions
- The principle that laws are free to be amended by future legislative majorities
Ancestry of “nonentrenchment”, step by step
nonentrenchment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English entrenchment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entrenchment | The process of entrenching or something which... |
| 2 | English | entrench | To dig or excavate a trench; to trench; To... |
| 3 | English | trench | A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground; A... |
| 4 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 7 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 8 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 9 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 10 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 11 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |