Non- Definition

nō
prefix
Not.
Noncombatant.
American Heritage

Used in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.

Wiktionary

Prevocalic form of nona-

Wiktionary
adverb
No.
Webster's New World

Obsolete form of none.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
affix
Not.
Webster's New World
The opposite of.
Nonessential.
Webster's New World
Excluded (from a specified category)
Nonvoter, nonfiction.
Webster's New World
Refusal or failure.
Noncooperation.
Webster's New World
Having the superficial aspect, but not the real value, of.
Nonbook, nonevent.
Webster's New World

Origin of Non-

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin nōn not ne in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin nona (“nine").

    From Wiktionary

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