Etymology

unfiction

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Today it means: A form of fictional piece of media and/or storytelling that attempts to suspend disbelief by asserting in some way that it is not a fiction. Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  10. Proto-Italic*θingō
  11. Proto-Italic*fingō
  12. Latinfingō
  13. Latinfictiō
  14. Old Frenchficcion
  15. Middle Englishficcioun
  16. Englishfiction
  17. English todayunfiction

From un- + fiction.

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