Where does “nonpoverty” come from?
nonpoverty (English) comes from English poverty, from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
nonpoverty (English): Not pertaining to or afflicted by poverty
Definitions
- Not pertaining to or afflicted by poverty
Ancestry of “nonpoverty”, step by step
nonpoverty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English poverty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poverty | The quality or state of being poor; lack of... |
| 2 | Old French | poverté | poverty; poorness |
| 3 | Latin | paupertās | the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |