Etymology

nonsensify

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Today it means: To treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English nonsense
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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*sent-
  15. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  16. Latinsentiō
  17. Latinsēnsu
  18. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  19. Frankish*sinn
  20. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  21. Old Frenchsens
  22. Middle Englishsense
  23. Englishsense
  24. Englishnonsense
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  26. Proto-Italic*θakos
  27. English todaynonsensify

From nonsense + -ify.

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