Where does “nonparous” come from?

nonparous (English) comes from English parous, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

nonparous (English): That has not given birth; That has not yet laid...

Definitions

  1. That has not given birth; That has not yet laid...

Ancestry of “nonparous”, step by step

nonparous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English parous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparousHaving given birth
2Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

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 Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →