Where does “nonresponse” come from?
Nonresponse comes from English response, from Latin respondeo (to answer), combined with Latin nona (ninth) and nonus (ninth), ultimately from Latin novem (nine) and Latin re- (back).
nonresponse (English): The absence of a response
Definitions
- The absence of a response
Ancestry of “nonresponse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | response | An answer or reply, or something in the nature of... |
| 2 | Middle English | respounse | — |
| 3 | Old French | respons | — |
| 4 | Latin | respōnsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | respondeō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |