Etymology

nonrandom

N1O1N1R1A1N1D2O1M3

Today it means: Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged. Full definition →

English random ← Middle English randoun ← Old French randon
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reyH-
  4. Proto-Germanic*rinnaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*rinnan
  6. Frankish*randij
  7. Old Frenchrandir
  8. Old Frenchrandon
  9. Middle Englishrandoun
  10. Englishrandon
  11. Englishrandom
  12. English todaynonrandom

From non- + random.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.