Where does “nonfraudulent” come from?
nonfraudulent (English) comes from English fraudulent, from Middle English fraudulent, from Middle French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor — blood outside the body.
nonfraudulent (English): Not fraudulent
Ancestry of “nonfraudulent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception; False,... |
| 2 | Middle English | fraudulent | Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud; Necrotic,... |
| 3 | Middle French | fraudulent | — |
| 4 | Latin | fraudulentus | deceitful, fraudulent; dishonest, false |
| 5 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 7 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 8 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |