Where does “nonrecommendation” come from?
nonrecommendation (English) comes from English recommendation, from Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Galician -ción, from Spanish -ción, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonrecommendation (English): Absence of recommendation; failure to recommend
Definitions
- Absence of recommendation; failure to recommend
Ancestry of “nonrecommendation”, step by step
nonrecommendation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recommendation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recommendation | An act of recommending; That which is... |
| 2 | Middle English | recommendacioun | Offering up one's good wishes or hopes |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | recomendacion | — |
| 4 | Galician | -ción | -tion |
| 5 | Spanish | -ción | -tion |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |