Etymology

inoccupancy

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Today it means: The state of having no occupants, the state of being unoccupied. Full definition →

English occupancy ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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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. Englishoccupancy
  8. English todayinoccupancy

From in- + occupancy.

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