Etymology

nonrealization

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Today it means: Failure to realize something. Full definition →

English realization ← French réalisation ← Old French reel
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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*(H)reh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  16. Proto-Italic*reis
  17. Classical Latinrēs
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Latinreālis
  21. Old Frenchreel
  22. Frenchreal
  23. Frenchréaliser
  24. Frenchréalisation
  25. Englishrealization
  26. English todaynonrealization

From non- + realization.

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