Where does “nonmaintenance” come from?
nonmaintenance (English) comes from English maintenance, from Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from Old French maintenir, from Vulgar Latin manuteneo, from Latin manu, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus — human being; man; hand.
nonmaintenance (English): Failure to maintain something
Definitions
- Failure to maintain something
Ancestry of “nonmaintenance”, step by step
nonmaintenance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maintenance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maintenance | Actions performed to keep some machine or system... |
| 2 | Middle English | mayntenaunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | maintenance | — |
| 4 | Old French | maintenir | to maintain |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | manuteneo | I support, maintain |
| 6 | Latin | manu | ablative singular of manus; by hand; with the... |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |