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Where does “nontraveling” come from?

nontraveling (English) comes from English traveling, from French travelling, from English travel, from Middle English travelen, from Middle Scots travailen, from Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

nontraveling (English): Not traveling

Definitions

  1. Not traveling

Ancestry of “nontraveling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtravelingpresent participle of travel; A violation...
2Frenchtravelling—
3EnglishtravelTo be on a journey, often for pleasure or...
4Middle Englishtravelento make a laborious journey, travel
5Middle Scotstravailento toil, work, travel
6Old FrenchtravaillerAlternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to...
7Vulgar Latintripaliareto work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
8Latintripaliumtorture instrument; a torture instrument
9Latintripālis—
10Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
11Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
12Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
13Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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