Etymology

nonpublic

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Today it means: Not open to the public; not available to or shared by the public; private. Full definition →

English public ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān-
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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. Englishpublic
  15. English todaynonpublic

From non- + public.

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