'non-anthropometric' originates from English, specifically the prefix 'non-' and the word 'anthropometric', where 'non-' meant 'not' and 'anthropometric' comes from Greek elements 'anthropos' (human) and 'metron' (measure).

'anthropometric' changed from Greek components 'anthropos' + 'metron' into Medieval/Modern Latin and French forms (e.g. 'anthropométrique') and eventually became the modern English word 'anthropometric'; the negative form 'non-anthropometric' is a later English formation using the productive prefix 'non-'.

Initially the elements referred literally to 'measuring humans' (Greek origin), and over time 'anthropometric' came to mean 'relating to measurements of the human body'; the prefixed form 'non-anthropometric' thus means 'not relating to such measurements' in current usage.