Etymology

nonfunctional

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Today it means: Not functional; useless; broken. Full definition →

English functional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French function
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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*bʰewg-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰunégti
  16. Proto-Italic*fungōr
  17. Latinfungor
  18. Latinfūnctiō
  19. Old Frenchfonction
  20. Middle Frenchfunction
  21. Englishfunction
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishfunctional
  25. English todaynonfunctional

From non- + functional.

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