'non-sweating' originates from English by combining the prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non', where 'non' meant 'not') and 'sweating' (from Old English 'swāt' / verb 'swātian', where 'swāt' meant 'sweat').

'sweat' changed from Old English 'swāt' and Middle English forms such as 'sweten' and eventually became the modern English word 'sweat'; the compound 'non-sweating' is a modern formation created by prefixing 'non-' to 'sweating' to indicate the absence of sweating.

Initially, 'sweat' meant 'to exude moisture (from the body)', but over time formations like 'non-sweating' have come to mean 'not producing sweat' and have also been extended to describe surfaces that do not form condensation.