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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

  1. Not holding shares

Ancestry of “nonshareholding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshareholdingOwning shares; The owning of shares; The amount...
2EnglishholdingSomething that one owns, especially stocks and...
3EnglishholdTo grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To...
4EnglishholeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;...
5Middle Englishholehealthy; safe; whole, complete, full
6Old Englishhola hole, a hollow; calumny; slander
7Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
8Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
9Proto-Germanichulazhollow
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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