Etymology

nonentity

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Today it means: An unimportant or insignificant person or thing. Full definition →

English entity ← Medieval Latin entitās ← Latin ēns
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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*h₁es-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  18. Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
  19. Old Latinesum
  20. Latinsumbf.
  21. Latinēns
  22. Medieval Latinentitās
  23. Englishentity
  24. English todaynonentity

From non- + entity.

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