Etymograph

English

nonaggression

Nonaggression comes from Latin aggressiō ‘advancing, approaching’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior1‘to advance, proceed, go, move’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggredior1‘to advance or go to or towards, approach’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggressiō1‘advancing, approaching’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600aggression1
  6. English1500–presentaggression1
  7. Englishtodaynonaggression1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English nonaggression

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-Wiktionary, English nonaggressionreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradiorWiktionary, English nonaggression‘to advance, proceed, go, move’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggrediorWiktionary, English nonaggression‘to advance or go to or towards, approach’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggressiōWiktionary, English nonaggression‘advancing, approaching’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600aggressionWiktionary, English nonaggression
  6. English1500–presentaggressionWiktionary, English nonaggression
  7. EnglishtodaynonaggressionWiktionary, English nonaggression

A compound of non- + aggression

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

…

Proto-Germanic *nainaz ‘none, nought, zero’

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān ‘no, not any’

Middle English non ‘no, not any’

English non-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-

Latin gradior ‘to step, walk, stride’

Latin aggredior ‘to approach, address, attack’

Latin aggressiō ‘advancing, approaching’

Middle French aggression

English aggression

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-

degree, graduate, progressive, progression, retrograde, gradation, gree, digression, 24 more

through Latin gradior ‘to advance, proceed, go, move’

progress, congress, ingredient, gradient, digress, regress, 25 more

through Latin aggredior ‘to advance or go to or towards, approach’

aggressor, 13 more

Today it means

noun an absence of aggression

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nonaggression”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- / nonaggression

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