Where does “nonfuture” come from?

nonfuture (English) comes from English non, from French non, from Old French non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nonfuture (English): Not of or pertaining to the future tense

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to the future tense

Ancestry of “nonfuture”, step by step

nonfuture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English future

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfutureThe time ahead; those moments yet to be...
2Middle EnglishfutureA future action or doing; that which happens in...
3Old Frenchfutur
4Latinfutūrusabout to be, about to exist
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos
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