Where does “nonvoting” come from?
Nonvoting is a modern English formation combining the prefix non- with voting, itself derived from Latin nona (feminine of nonus, meaning "ninth") and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ ("nine").
nonvoting (English): Lacking the right to vote
Definitions
- Lacking the right to vote
Ancestry of “nonvoting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | non- | Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of... |
| 2 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 3 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 4 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |