Etymology

inconsonant

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Today it means: Not consonant; disagreeing or clashing. Full definition →

English consonant ← Middle English consonant ← Old French consonant
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*swonh₂éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*swonaō
  15. Latinsonō
  16. Latincōnsonō
  17. Latincōnsonāns
  18. Old Frenchconsonant
  19. Middle Englishconsonant
  20. Englishconsonant
  21. English todayinconsonant

From in- + consonant.

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