Where does “nontarget” come from?
Nontarget is a modern English compound of non- and target, where target derives from Old French targe (a small shield), ultimately from a Proto-Germanic source akin to Germanic words for shield.
nontarget (English): That is not a target; That which is not a target
Definitions
- That is not a target; That which is not a target
Ancestry of “nontarget”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | non- | Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of... |
| 2 | Latin | nōnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 4 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |