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non-¹

  • /ˈnɒn/ UK
  • /ˌnɒn/ UK
  • /ˈnɑn/ US
  • /ˌnɑn/ US
  • /ˈnɔn/ Australia
  • /ˌnɔn/ Australia
  • [ˈnɔ̟n] New Zealand
  • [ˌnɔ̟n] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Germanic *ne

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Germanic *ainaz

Proto-Germanic *nainaz

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān

Middle English non

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Old English nān

Old English nān-

Middle English non-

English non-

From Middle English non- (“not, lack of, failure to”), from Middle English non (“no, not any; not, not at all”, literally “none”) and Old English nān- (prefix), both from Old English nān (“no, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, zero”), see none. Merged with and reinforced by Middle English non- (“not”), from Old French non- and Medieval Latin nōn (“not”), from Old Latin noinu, noinom, from ne oinom (“not one”).

prefix

  1. morpheme Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. nonpayment (“lack of payment, failure to pay”)
  2. morpheme Not, the negation of the root word (a quality). nonaboriginal
  3. morpheme Absence, the absence of the root (a quantity). nonaccountability
  4. morpheme Avoiding an action. nonabiding
  5. morpheme Neutral in quality. nonaccent

non-²

  • /ˈnɒn/ UK
  • /ˌnɒn/ UK
  • /ˈnɑn/ US
  • /ˌnɑn/ US
  • /ˈnɔn/ Australia
  • /ˌnɔn/ Australia
  • [ˈnɔ̟n] New Zealand
  • [ˌnɔ̟n] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥

Proto-Indo-European *h₁newn̥(n)ós

Proto-Italic *nowenos

Latin nōnus

English non-

From Latin nōnus (“ninth”).

prefix

  1. morpheme prevocalic form of nona-

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