Where does “nonslaveholding” come from?

nonslaveholding (English) comes from English slaveholding, from English slave, from Middle English sclave, from French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός, from Proto-Slavic slověninъ — to cover; to incline.

nonslaveholding (English): Not slaveholding

Definitions

  1. Not slaveholding

Ancestry of “nonslaveholding”, step by step

nonslaveholding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English slaveholding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslaveholdingHaving possession/ownership of one or more...
2EnglishslaveA person who is held in servitude as the property...
3Middle Englishsclaveslave individual held in slavery
4Frenchesclaveslave
5Medieval LatinsclavusSlav, slave; slave
6Ancient GreekΣκλάβοςSlav
7Ancient GreekΣκλαβηνόςSlavic
8Proto-SlavicslověninъSlav
9Proto-Slavicslovoword
10Proto-Balto-Slavicślawas
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos