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Where does “nonexecutable” come from?

nonexecutable (English) comes from English executable, from English execute, from Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

nonexecutable (English): Not executable

Definitions

  1. Not executable

Ancestry of “nonexecutable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexecutableCapable of being executed; A file that can be run...
2EnglishexecuteTo kill as punishment for capital crimes; To...
3Old Frenchexecuter—
4Latinexsecutusaccompanied; pursued; executed, accomplished;...
5LatinexsequorI follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,...
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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