Etymology

nonactor

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Today it means: Someone who is not an actor Full definition →

English actor ← Middle English actour ← Latin āctor
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Latinagō
  3. Latināctus
  4. Latināctor
  5. Middle Englishactour
  6. Englishactor
  7. English todaynonactor

From non- + actor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.