Etymology

nondetection

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Today it means: A failure to detect; a negative result Full definition →

English detection ← Latin dētēctiō ← Proto-Italic *tegō
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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*de
  15. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  16. Proto-Italic*dē
  17. Latindē
  18. Latindē-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tégeti
  21. Proto-Italic*tegō
  22. Latintegō
  23. Latindētegō
  24. Latindētēctiō
  25. Englishdetection
  26. English todaynondetection

From non- + detection.

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