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Where does “nonpotato” come from?

nonpotato (English) comes from English non, from French non, from Old French non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nonpotato (English): Not of or pertaining to potatoes

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to potatoes

Ancestry of “nonpotato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōn—
5Old Latinnoenum—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
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