nonbasic

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adjective

Not basic (in any sense).

OriginEnglish basic ← Middle English base ← Old French base →
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Meanings

adjectivenonbasic (comparative more nonbasic, superlative most nonbasic)

comparative more nonbasic · superlative most nonbasic · alternative non-basic

  1. Not basic (in any sense).

Origin

  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*gʷem-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  16. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  17. Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
  18. Latinbasis
  19. Old Frenchbase
  20. Middle Englishbase
  21. Englishbase
  22. Englishbasic
  23. Englishnonbasic

From non- + basic.

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APA

nonbasic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbasic

MLA

“nonbasic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbasic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonbasic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonbasic.

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