Etymology

nonuniform

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Today it means: Not uniform. Full definition →

English uniform ← Middle French uniforme ← Latin uniformis
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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*h₁óynos
  15. Proto-Italic*oinos
  16. Old Latinoinos
  17. Latinūnus
  18. Latinūni-
  19. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  20. Latinfōrma
  21. Latinuniformis
  22. Middle Frenchuniforme
  23. Englishuniform
  24. English todaynonuniform

From non- + uniform.

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