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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Italic*merks
- Latinmerx
- Latinmercor
- Latinmercāns
- Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
- Middle Englishmarchaunt
- Englishmerchant
- Englishmerchantable
- English todaynonmerchantable
From non- + merchantable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.