Where does “nonnecessity” come from?

nonnecessity (English) comes from English necessity, from Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.

nonnecessity (English): That which is not a necessity

Definitions

  1. That which is not a necessity

Ancestry of “nonnecessity”, step by step

nonnecessity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English necessity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnecessityThe quality or state of being necessary,...
2Middle Englishnecessite
3Old Frenchnecessite
4Latinnecessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
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