nonplus

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₁-“to fill”
2. Latin · derived fromnōn plūs“no further, no more”
3. English todaynonplus

The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words from the same roots