Etymology

nonambiguous

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Today it means: Not ambiguous. Full definition →

English ambiguous ← Latin ambiguu ← Proto-Italic *agō
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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*h₂ent-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  17. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  18. Latinambi-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  21. Proto-Italic*agō
  22. Latinagō
  23. Latinambig(ō)
  24. Latinambiguu
  25. Englishambiguous
  26. English todaynonambiguous

From non- + ambiguous.

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