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Where does “nonfugitive” come from?

nonfugitive (English) comes from English fugitive, from Middle English fugitive, from Latin fugitivus, from Latin fugito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nonfugitive (English): Not fugitive; One who is not a fugitive

Definitions

  1. Not fugitive; One who is not a fugitive

Ancestry of “nonfugitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfugitiveA person who flees or escapes and travels...
2Middle Englishfugitive—
3Latinfugitivusfugitive, deserter, runaway slave; fugitive
4LatinfugitoI flee; I eschew, shun; second-person singular...
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →