Etymology

non-argument

Today it means: A flawed argument. Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  16. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  17. Latinarguō
  18. Latinargūmentum
  19. Anglo-Normanarguement
  20. Middle Englishargument
  21. Englishargument
  22. English todaynon-argument

From non- + argument.

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