Etymology

noncanonical

N1O1N1C3A1N1O1N1I1C3A1L1

Today it means: Not canonical. Full definition →

First used 17th c.English canonical ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān-
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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. Englishcanonical
  15. English todaynoncanonical

From non- + canonical.

First known use, by meaning

  • 17th c. Not canonical.

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