Etymology

nonrigid

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Today it means: Not rigid; flexible. Full definition →

English rigid ← Middle English rigide ← Latin rigidus
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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*Hreyǵ-
  15. Proto-Italic*rigēō
  16. Latinrigeō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Latinrigidus
  19. Middle Englishrigide
  20. Englishrigid
  21. English todaynonrigid

From non- + rigid.

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