Where does “nonusage” come from?

nonusage (English) comes from English usage, from Middle English usage, from Old French usage, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

nonusage (English): Absence of usage; failure to use

Definitions

  1. Absence of usage; failure to use

Ancestry of “nonusage”, step by step

nonusage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English usage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishusageThe manner or the amount of using; use; Habit or...
2Middle Englishusage
3Old Frenchusageusage; use; habit; custom
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum

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 Latin -āticumEvery word from Old French -ageEvery word from Old French usage