Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonbasic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: non-ba-sic
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not basic (in any sense).

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English basic English nonbasic From non- + basic.

Inflected Forms

more nonbasic (comparative) most nonbasic (superlative) non-basic (alternative)

Questions

What does nonbasic mean?: Not basic (in any sense).
Where does nonbasic come from?: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English basic English nonbasic From non- + basic.

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