Where does “nonjudgmental” come from?
Nonjudgmental comes from English judgment combined with the prefix non-, where judgment derives from Old French jugement and Latin iudicāre, meaning "to judge."
nonjudgmental (English): Without making judgements, especially those based...
Definitions
- Without making judgements, especially those based...
Ancestry of “nonjudgmental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | judgmental | Of or relating to judgment; Inclined to rashly... |
| 2 | English | Judgment | The act of judging |
| 3 | Middle English | juggement | judgment |
| 4 | Old French | jugement | judgment |
| 5 | Late Latin | iudicamentum | — |
| 6 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 7 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 8 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |