Where does “nonshareholding” come from?
nonshareholding (English) comes from English shareholding, from English holding, from English hold, from English hole, from Middle English hole, from Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą — to cover; to incline.
nonshareholding (English): Not holding shares
Definitions
- Not holding shares
Ancestry of “nonshareholding”, step by step
nonshareholding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shareholding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shareholding | Owning shares; The owning of shares; The amount... |
| 2 | English | holding | Something that one owns, especially stocks and... |
| 3 | English | hold | To grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To... |
| 4 | English | hole | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;... |
| 5 | Middle English | hole | healthy; safe; whole, complete, full |
| 6 | Old English | hol | a hole, a hollow; calumny; slander |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hol | hollow; hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |