Where does “nonmarrying” come from?

nonmarrying (English) comes from English marrying, from English marry, from Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin marītō, from Latin marītus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa — to measure.

nonmarrying (English): Not getting married

Definitions

  1. Not getting married

Ancestry of “nonmarrying”, step by step

nonmarrying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English marrying

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmarryingpresent participle of marry; A marriage
2EnglishmarryTo enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to...
3Middle Englishmariento marry
4Old Frenchmarierto marry; to get married
5Latinmarītōto marry, wed
6Latinmarītusmarital, matrimonial, conjugal
7Latinmāsmale
8Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
9Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-