Etymology

nonracial

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Today it means: not related to or based on a person's race Full definition →

English racial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English race
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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*h₁reh₁s-
  15. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  16. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  17. Old Englishrǣs
  18. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  19. Old Norserás
  20. Middle Englishrace
  21. Englishrace
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishracial
  25. English todaynonracial

From non- + racial.

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