Etymology

noncharacter

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Today it means: That which is not a character (unit of text). Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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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. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  15. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  16. Latincharactēr
  17. Old Frenchcaractere
  18. Middle Englishcaracter
  19. Englishcharacter
  20. English todaynoncharacter

From non- + character.

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