Where does “nonmutating” come from?

nonmutating (English) comes from English mutating, from English mutate, from English mutation, from Middle English mutacioun, from Old French mutacion, from Latin mutatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

nonmutating (English): Not mutating; not causing a change

Definitions

  1. Not mutating; not causing a change

Ancestry of “nonmutating”, step by step

nonmutating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mutating

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmutatingpresent participle of mutate; Causing or tending...
2EnglishmutateTo undergo mutation; To cause mutation
3EnglishmutationAny alteration or change; Any heritable change of...
4Middle Englishmutaciounalteration, change, modification
5Old Frenchmutacionalteration; change
6Latinmutatiochange, alteration; interchange, exchange
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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 Ancient Greek χάλιξ