'non-intoxicating' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'intoxicating', which comes from Latin 'intoxicare', where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'toxicare' meant 'to poison'.

'intoxicare' transformed into the French word 'intoxiquer', and eventually became the modern English word 'intoxicate', with 'non-' added to form 'non-intoxicating'.

Initially, 'intoxicating' meant 'to poison', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'causing drunkenness', with 'non-' indicating the opposite.