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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

  1. Without making judgements, especially those based...

Ancestry of “nonjudgmental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjudgmentalOf or relating to judgment; Inclined to rashly...
2EnglishJudgment—
3Middle Englishjuggementjudgment
4Old Frenchjugementjudgment
5Late Latiniudicamentum—
6Latiniūdicō—
7Latiniūdex—
8Latiniūs—
9Latindīcō—
10Latin-tiō—
11Latindissertātiō—
12Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
13Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

Words derived from “nonjudgmental”

  • nonjudgemental
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