Etymology

nonchalant

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Today it means: Casually calm and relaxed. Full definition →

French nonchalant ← Old French nonchaloir
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromnonchaloir“to be unconcerned”
  2. French · borrowed fromnonchalant
  3. English todaynonchalant

Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).

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