Where does “nonwasteful” come from?
nonwasteful (English) comes from English wasteful, from Middle English wastful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
nonwasteful (English): Not wasteful
Definitions
- Not wasteful
Ancestry of “nonwasteful”, step by step
nonwasteful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wasteful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wasteful | Inclined to waste or squander money or resources;... |
| 2 | Middle English | wastful | wasteful, profligate |
| 3 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 4 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |