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
Ancestry of “nonrepayment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | repayment | The act of repaying; The money or other resource... |
| 2 | English | repay | To pay back |
| 3 | Old French | repaier | to pay back |
| 4 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pāx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |