Where does “nonmutual” come from?
nonmutual (English) comes from English mutual, from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
nonmutual (English): Not mutual
Definitions
- Not mutual
Ancestry of “nonmutual”, step by step
nonmutual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mutual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mutual | Having the same relationship, each to each other;... |
| 2 | Middle French | mutuel | mutual |
| 3 | Latin | mūtuus | borrowed, lent |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |