Etymology

nonsurrealist

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Today it means: One who is not a surrealist. Full definition →

English surrealist ← French surréalisme ← Middle French real
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  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*úp
  15. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  16. Proto-Italic*super
  17. Latinsuper
  18. Latinsuper-
  19. Old Frenchsur-
  20. Frenchsur-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  23. Proto-Italic*reis
  24. Classical Latinrēs
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Late Latinreālis
  28. Old Frenchreel
  29. Middle Frenchreal
  30. Frenchréel
  31. Frenchréalisme
  32. Frenchsurréalisme
  33. Englishsurrealismbf.
  34. Englishsurreal
  35. Englishsurrealist
  36. English todaynonsurrealist

From non- + surrealist.

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