Where does “nonunital” come from?

nonunital (English) comes from English unital, from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.

nonunital (English): Not unital

Definitions

  1. Not unital

Ancestry of “nonunital”, step by step

nonunital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English unital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunital(of an algebra) containing a multiplicative identity element (or unit), i.e. an element 1 with the property 1x = x1 = x for all elements x of the algebra
2EnglishunitOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a...
3EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
4Middle Englishunitento annex; to unite
5Latinūnītusunited
6Latinūniōa unity, union
7Latin-iō
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

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-Europeannot; no
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Latin -iō
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