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Where does “nonfatality” come from?

nonfatality (English) comes from English fatality, from French fatalité, from Latin fatalitas, from Latin fatalis, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.

nonfatality (English): An incident that is not a fatality

Definitions

  1. An incident that is not a fatality

Ancestry of “nonfatality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatalityThe state proceeding from destiny; invincible...
2Frenchfatalitéfatality
3Latinfatalitas—
4Latinfatalisof fate, destined, predestined; fatal, deadly
5Latinfātum—
6Latinfātus—
7Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
8Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking
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