Etymology

nonbasic

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Today it means: Not basic (in any sense). Full definition →

English basic ← Middle English base ← Old French base
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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*gʷem-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  16. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  17. Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
  18. Latinbasis
  19. Old Frenchbase
  20. Middle Englishbase
  21. Englishbase
  22. Englishbasic
  23. English todaynonbasic

From non- + basic.

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