'nonrenewable' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'renewable', which comes from the Latin 'renovare', meaning 'to make new again'.

'nonrenewable' was formed by adding the prefix 'non-' to 'renewable', which evolved from the Latin 'renovare'.

Initially, 'renewable' meant 'capable of being renewed', and 'nonrenewable' was used to describe things that could not be renewed, a meaning that has remained consistent.