Etymology

nonbeliever

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Today it means: A person who does not believe, especially regarding religion. Full definition →

English believer ← Middle English bileven ← Old English belīefan
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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*h₁ep-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  18. Proto-Germanic*bi
  19. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  20. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-
  22. Proto-Germanic*laubō
  23. Proto-Germanic*laubijaną
  24. Proto-West Germanic*laubijan
  25. Proto-West Germanic*bilaubijan
  26. Old Englishbelīefan
  27. Middle Englishbileven
  28. Englishbelieve
  29. Englishbeliever
  30. English todaynonbeliever

From non- + believer.

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