Etymology

nonwoody

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Today it means: Not woody. Full definition →

English woody ← Middle English wode ← Old English wudu
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  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*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
  19. Proto-Germanic*widuz
  20. Proto-West Germanic*widu
  21. Old Englishwidu
  22. Old Englishwudu
  23. Middle Englishwode
  24. Englishwood
  25. Englishwoody
  26. English todaynonwoody

From non- + woody.

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