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Where does “nonqueuing” come from?

nonqueuing (English) comes from English queuing, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.

nonqueuing (English): Not queuing

Definitions

  1. Not queuing

Ancestry of “nonqueuing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishqueuingpresent participle of queue; The act of placing...
2EnglishqueueAn animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or...
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu—
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →