Etymology

nonconventional

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Today it means: Not conventional. Full definition →

English conventional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French convention
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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*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  20. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  21. Proto-Italic*komgʷəniō
  22. Latinconveniō
  23. Latinconventiōnem
  24. Middle Frenchconvention
  25. Englishconvention
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  28. Englishconventional
  29. English todaynonconventional

From non- + conventional.

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