Meanings
adjectivenonvocational (not comparable)
- not comparableNot vocational.
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*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
- Latinvocō
- Latinvocātiōnem
- Old Frenchvocation
- Middle Englishvocacioun
- Englishvocation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishvocational
- Englishnonvocational
From non- + vocational.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
nonvocational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocational
MLA
“nonvocational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocational. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonvocational,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocational.
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