Where does “nonstealing” come from?

nonstealing (English) comes from English stealing, from English steal, from Middle English stele, from Old English stela, from Proto-Germanic stelaną, from Proto-Indo-European tsel- — to sneak.

nonstealing (English): Not stealing; not committing theft

Definitions

  1. Not stealing; not committing theft

Ancestry of “nonstealing”, step by step

nonstealing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stealing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstealingThe action of the verb "to steal", theft; That...
2EnglishstealTo take illegally, or without the owner's...
3Middle Englishstelesteel
4Old Englishstelastalk (of a plant)
5Proto-Germanicstelanąto steal; to sneak
6Proto-Indo-Europeantsel-to sneak

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 tsel- →