'nonblooming' originates from English, specifically the prefix 'non-' and the present participle 'blooming', where 'non-' meant 'not' and 'bloom' meant 'a flower or to produce flowers'.

'non-' comes from Latin 'non' (via Old French use of negative prefixes) and 'bloom' comes from Old English 'blōma' (meaning 'blossom' or 'flower'); 'blooming' developed as the present participle of 'bloom', and the compound 'nonblooming' was formed in Modern English by combining the negative prefix with the participle.

Initially, the parts meant 'not' and 'blossom/flower' respectively; combined as 'nonblooming' the meaning has remained literal as 'not flowering' or 'not in bloom'.