Where does “nonpest” come from?

nonpest (English) comes from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-.

nonpest (English): Any creature that is not a pest

Definitions

  1. Any creature that is not a pest

Ancestry of “nonpest”, step by step

nonpest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPestOne of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest
2HungarianPestOne of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest
3Old Church Slavonicпещьoven, stove
4Proto-Slavicpeťьoven
5Proto-Slavicpeťito bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to...
6Proto-Balto-Slavicpekteito bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

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 Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →