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Where does “nonrepayment” come from?

nonrepayment (English) comes from English repayment, from English repay, from Old French repaier, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

nonrepayment (English): Failure to repay

Definitions

  1. Failure to repay

Ancestry of “nonrepayment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepaymentThe act of repaying; The money or other resource...
2EnglishrepayTo pay back
3Old Frenchrepaierto pay back
4Old Frenchpaiierto pay
5Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
6Latinpācāre—
7Latinpāx—
8Proto-Italicpākspeace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
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