Etymology

nonpolar

N1O1N1P3O1L1A1R1

Today it means: Not containing a dipole. Full definition →

English polar ← Late Latin polāri ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  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*kʷel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  16. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  17. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  18. Latinpolus
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  21. Late Latinpolāri
  22. Englishpolar
  23. English todaynonpolar

From non- + polar.

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