Etymology

nonprognostic

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Today it means: Not prognostic. Full definition →

English prognostic ← Medieval Latin prognosticus ← Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)
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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*per-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  17. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  18. Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  21. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  22. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  23. Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
  24. Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
  25. Ancient Greekπρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
  26. Ancient Greekπρογνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)
  27. Medieval Latinprognosticus
  28. Englishprognostic
  29. English todaynonprognostic

From non- + prognostic.

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