Etymology

nonetiological

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Today it means: Not etiological. Full definition →

English etiological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin aetiologia
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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*h₂ey-
  15. Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  19. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  20. Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
  21. Latinaetiologia
  22. Englishetiology
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  25. Englishetiological
  26. English todaynonetiological

From non- + etiological.

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