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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-

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English non-

Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.

Proto-Italic *sentiō

Latin sentiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin sēnsusbor.

Proto-Germanic *sinnaz

Frankish *sinnbor.

Vulgar Latin *sennus

Old French sensbor.

Middle English sense

English sense

English nonsense

English non-nonsense

From non- + nonsense.