Etymology

uninclusive

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Today it means: Not inclusive. Full definition →

English inclusive ← Middle French inclusif ← Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
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The story

  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*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Latinin-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂w-
  13. Proto-Italic*klaudō
  14. Latinclaudō
  15. Latininclūdō
  16. Latininclūsus
  17. Medieval Latininclūsīvus
  18. Middle Frenchinclusif
  19. Englishinclusive
  20. English todayuninclusive

From un- + inclusive.

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