Etymology

nonproductivity

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Today it means: Lack of productivity. Full definition →

English nonproductive ← Late Latin prōductīvus ← Latin prōdūcō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  18. Proto-Italic*pro-
  19. Latinprō-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  22. Proto-Italic*doukō
  23. Latindūcō
  24. Latinprōdūcō
  25. Late Latinprōductīvus
  26. Englishproductive
  27. Englishproductivity
  28. Englishnon-
  29. Englishproductive
  30. Englishnonproductive
  31. English todaynonproductivity

From non- + productivity or nonproductive + -ity.

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