Etymology

nonsequential

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Today it means: Not sequential; not in any regular sequence. Full definition →

English sequential ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān-
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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. Englishsequential
  15. English todaynonsequential

From non- + sequential.

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