Etymology

nonelite

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Today it means: Not a member of the elite. Full definition →

English elite ← Middle English elit ← Old French eslit
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  21. Proto-Italic*legō
  22. Latinlegō
  23. Latinēligō
  24. Latinēlēctus
  25. Vulgar Latin*exlectus?
  26. Old Frencheslit
  27. Middle Englishelit
  28. Englishelite
  29. English todaynonelite

From non- + elite.

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