Where does “nonvolunteering” come from?
nonvolunteering (English) comes from English volunteering, from English volunteer, from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
nonvolunteering (English): Not volunteering
Ancestry of “nonvolunteering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | volunteering | The act of volunteering; the action of the verb... |
| 2 | English | volunteer | One who enters into, or offers for, any service... |
| 3 | English | -eer | Used to create an agent noun denoting someone... |
| 4 | Dutch | -eren | forms the plural of a limited group of nouns:... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -eren | — |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |