Meanings
- uncountableQuality of not being aggressive.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
- Latingradior
- Latinaggredior
- Latinaggressu
- Englishaggress
- Englishaggressive
- Englishaggressiveness
- Englishnonaggressiveness
From non- + aggressiveness.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
nonaggressiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonaggressiveness
“nonaggressiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonaggressiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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