Where does “nonprivy” come from?
nonprivy (English) comes from English privy, from Middle English pryvy, from Old French privé, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er — Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
nonprivy (English): Not privy
Ancestry of “nonprivy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | privy | Private, exclusive; not public; one's own;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pryvy | — |
| 3 | Old French | privé | private |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | — |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | — |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |