Etymology

nonelastic

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Today it means: Not elastic; not able to stretch. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Frenchélastique
  3. Englishelastic
  4. English todaynonelastic

From non- + elastic.

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