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non-

prefix
/ˈnɒn/UK/ˈnɑn/US

Etymology

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 ▲ 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”).

  1. derived from noinu
  2. derived from nōn — “not”
  3. derived from non-
  4. inherited from non- — “not”
  5. derived from *nainaz✻ — “none, nought, zero”
  6. derived from *nain✻
  7. derived from nān — “no, not any”
  8. derived from nān-
  9. derived from non — “no, not any; not, not at all”
  10. inherited from non- — “not, lack of, failure to”

Definitions

  1. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform

    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”)
    • nonaggressive (“not aggressive”)

  2. prevocalic form of nona-

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA