Etymology

nonvocal

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Today it means: Not vocal; silent; not using one's voice. Full definition →

English vocal ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis
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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*wekʷ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  16. Proto-Italic*wōks
  17. Latinvōx
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Latinvōcālis
  21. Middle Englishvocal
  22. Englishvocal
  23. English todaynonvocal

From non- + vocal.

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