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Where does “nonunionism” come from?

nonunionism (English) comes from English unionism, from English Union, from English onion, from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.

nonunionism (English): Lack of unionism; absence of support for a union...

Definitions

  1. Lack of unionism; absence of support for a union...

Ancestry of “nonunionism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunionismThe support of advocacy of a union, especially of...
2EnglishUnionThe 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement
3EnglishonionA monocotyledonous plant , allied to garlic, used...
4Middle Englishonyoun—
5Old Frenchoignononion
6Latinūniō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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