Etymology

nonmetallic

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Today it means: Not metallic. Full definition →

English metallic ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān-
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nonmetallic · adjective1

  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. Englishmetallic
  15. English todaynonmetallic

From non- + metallic.

nonmetallic · adjective2

  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. Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
  15. Latinmetallum
  16. Old Frenchmeta
  17. Middle Englishmetal
  18. Englishmetal
  19. Englishnonmetal
  20. English todaynonmetallic

From nonmetal + -ic.

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