Etymology

non-issue

Today it means: A matter of no concern, especially one that had been of concern. Full definition →

English issue ← Middle English issue ← Old French issue
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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*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Latineō
  20. Latinexeō
  21. Old Frenchissir
  22. Old Frenchissue
  23. Middle Englishissue
  24. Englishissue
  25. English todaynon-issue

From non- + issue.

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