Where does “nonnecessary” come from?

nonnecessary (English) comes from English necessary, from Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.

nonnecessary (English): Not necessary

Definitions

  1. Not necessary

Ancestry of “nonnecessary”, step by step

nonnecessary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English necessary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnecessaryRequired, essential, whether logically...
2Middle Englishnecessarye
3Old Frenchnecessaire
4Latinnecessāriusunavoidable, inevitable
5Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
6Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
7Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
8Proto-Italickedōgive here!
9Proto-Italickehere
10Indo-European*ḱe

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 Indo-European *ḱe
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