Etymology of the English word nonfiction
the English word
nonfictionderived from the English word
fictionderived from the Old French word
fictionderived from the Latin word
fictio (fashioning, action of shaping; coining)
derived from the Latin word
fictus (feigned, false; counterfeit)
derived from the Latin word
fingere (adapt, transform into; modify; make up; pretend; mold, form, shape)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dheigh-derived from the Latin word
figere (fasten, fix; pierce)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhigʷ-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhīgʷ-using the English prefix
non-Usage
Word found in Modern English
