Etymology

nonadjustment

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Today it means: Absence of adjustment; failure to adjust. Full definition →

English adjustment ← French ajustement ← Old French juste
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The story

  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*h₂ey-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
  18. Proto-Italic*jowos
  19. Latiniūstu
  20. Old Frenchjuste
  21. Frenchjuste
  22. Frenchajuster
  23. Frenchajustement
  24. Englishadjustment
  25. English todaynonadjustment

From non- + adjustment.

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