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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
- Latinvocō
- Latinvocātiōnem
- Old Frenchvocation
- Middle Englishvocacioun
- Englishvocation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishvocational
- English todaynonvocational
From non- + vocational.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.