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Where does “nonfeasible” come from?

nonfeasible (English) comes from English feasible, from Anglo-Norman fesable, from Old French faisable, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

nonfeasible (English): Not feasible

Definitions

  1. Not feasible

Ancestry of “nonfeasible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeasibleAble to be done in practice
2Anglo-Normanfesablefeasible; doable; convenient
3Old Frenchfaisabledoable
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →