Etymology

non-common

Today it means: Not common (to several cases etc.); distinct. Full definition →

English common ← Middle English comun ← Anglo-Norman comun
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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*mey-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱom-moy-ni-s
  16. Proto-Italic*kommoinis
  17. Old Latincomoinis
  18. Latincommūnis
  19. Anglo-Normancomun
  20. Middle Englishcomun
  21. Englishcommon
  22. English todaynon-common

From non- + common.

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