Etymology

nonexceptional

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Today it means: Not exceptional; normal, unremarkable. Full definition →

English exceptional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English exception
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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*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  21. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  22. Latincapiō
  23. Latinexcipiō
  24. Latinexceptiō
  25. Old Frenchexcepcion
  26. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  27. Middle Englishexception
  28. Englishexception
  29. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  31. Englishexceptional
  32. English todaynonexceptional

From non- + exceptional.

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