Etymology

nonemergency

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Today it means: Not an emergency. Full definition →

English emergency ← Latin emergens
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Latinēmergō
  3. Latinemergens
  4. Englishemergency
  5. English todaynonemergency

From non- + emergency.

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