'non-strategic' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'strategic', which comes from the Greek word 'strategos', meaning 'general'.

'strategos' transformed into the Latin word 'strategia', and eventually became the modern English word 'strategic'. The prefix 'non-' was added to form 'non-strategic'.

Initially, 'strategic' meant 'pertaining to a general or military strategy', but 'non-strategic' evolved to mean 'not involving or related to a strategy'.