Where does “nonhumanist” come from?

nonhumanist (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.

nonhumanist (English): One who is not a humanist

Definitions

  1. One who is not a humanist

Ancestry of “nonhumanist”, step by step

nonhumanist 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 humanist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanistA scholar of one of the subjects in the...
2Middle Frenchhumanistehumanist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Old Latin noenum →Every word from Latin nōn →