Where does “nonfoaming” come from?

nonfoaming (English) comes from English foaming, from English foam, from Middle English fom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)- — to succeed, to prosper.

nonfoaming (English): Not producing foam

Definitions

  1. Not producing foam

Ancestry of “nonfoaming”, step by step

nonfoaming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foaming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfoamingpresent participle of foam; A process that forms...
2EnglishfoamA substance composed of a large collection of...
3Middle EnglishfomAlternative form of fome
4Old Englishfāmfoam
5Proto-West Germanic*faimfoam, froth
6Proto-Germanicfaimazfoam
7Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os
8Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-
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