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Where does “nonhipster” come from?

nonhipster (English) comes from English hipster, from English hip, from Middle English hipe, from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.

nonhipster (English): One who is not a hipster

Definitions

  1. One who is not a hipster

Ancestry of “nonhipster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhipsterA person who is keenly interested in the latest...
2EnglishhipThe outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and...
3Middle Englishhipe—
4Old Englishhypehip
5Proto-West Germanichupihip
6Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—
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