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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • prefix A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

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  • prefix Used in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
  • prefix Prevocalic form of nona-

Etymologies

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From Latin non, from Old Latin noenu, noenum, from neoenum ("not one"). See none.

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From Latin nona ("nine").

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