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Where does “nontin” come from?

nontin (English) comes from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

nontin (English): Not of or pertaining to tin

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to tin

Ancestry of “nontin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtinA malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...
2Middle EnglishtinAlternative form of þin; tin
3Old Englishtintin
4Proto-West Germanic*tin—
5Proto-Germanictinątin
6Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
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