Etymology

nonterrible

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Today it means: Not terrible; decent, acceptable. Full definition →

English terrible ← Middle English terrible ← Old French terrible
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Old Frenchterrible
  3. Middle Englishterrible
  4. Englishterrible
  5. English todaynonterrible

From non- + terrible.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.