Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-common

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
non--com-mon
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not common (to several cases etc.); distinct.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common English non-common From non- + common.

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Questions

What does non-common mean?
Not common (to several cases etc.); distinct.
Where does non-common come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common English non-common From non- + common.

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