Etymology

nonwhite

N1O1N1W4H4I1T1E1

Today it means: Not white in color. Full definition →

English white ← Middle English whit ← Old English hwīt
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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*ḱweyt-
  15. Proto-Germanic*hwītaz
  16. Proto-West Germanic*hwīt
  17. Old Englishhwīt
  18. Middle Englishwhit
  19. Englishwhite
  20. English todaynonwhite

From non- + white.

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