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
- Not fugitive; One who is not a fugitive
Ancestry of “nonfugitive”, step by step
nonfugitive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fugitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fugitive | A person who flees or escapes and travels... |
| 2 | Middle English | fugitive | — |
| 3 | Latin | fugitivus | fugitive, deserter, runaway slave; fugitive |
| 4 | Latin | fugito | I flee; I eschew, shun; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |