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non-sectarian (adj.)[non-sectarian 词源字典]: also nonsectarian, 1831, from non- + sectarian.[non-sectarian etymology, non-sectarian origin, 英语词源]
non-smoker (n.): also nonsmoker, "person who does not smoke," 1846, in reference to railways. Non-smoking (adj.) is attested from 1891.
non-standard (adj.): also nonstandard, 1926, from non- + standard. A linguist's value-neutral term for language formerly stigmatized as "bad" or "vulgar."
non-stop (adj.): also nonstop, 1903, from non- + stop (v.); originally of railway trains. As an adverb from 1920.
non-toxic (adj.): also nontoxic, 1892, from non- + toxic.
non-vascular (adj.): also nonvascular, 1815, from non- + vascular.
non-verbal (adj.): also nonverbal, 1927, from non- + verbal.
non-violence (n.): also nonviolence, 1831, from non- + violence. Gandhi used it from 1920.
non-violent (adj.): also nonviolent, 1896, from non- + violent. From 1920 in reference to "principle or practice of abstaining from violence," in writings of M.K. Gandhi.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. [Gandhi, "Non-violence in Peace and War," 1948]
non-volatile (adj.): also nonvolatile, 1837, from non- + volatile.
nona-: before vowels non-, word-forming element from comb. form of Latin nonus "ninth" (see nones).
nonage (n.): late 14c., "state of not being of age," from Old French nonage, from non- (see non-) + age (see age (n.)).
nonagenarian (n.): 1776, coined in English with -an + Latin nonagenarius "containing ninety" (in Late Latin "someone ninety years old"), from nonagen "ninety each," related to nonaginta "the number ninety," from nonus "ninth" (see nones) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten). As an adjective from 1893.
nonagon (n.): "plane figure with nine sides," 1680s, a hybrid from Latin nonus "ninth" (see nones) + ending from pentagon, etc.
nonce (n.): abstracted from phrase for þe naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for þan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the þan being from Middle English dative definite article þam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.
nonce-word (n.): "word coined for a special occasion," 1922, from nonce + word (n.).
nonchalance (n.): 1670s, from French nonchalance (13c.), from nonchalant (see nonchalant).
nonchalant (adj.): 1734, from French nonchalant, present participle of nonchaloir "be indifferent to, have no concern for" (13c.), from non- "not" (see non-) + chaloir "have concern for," ultimately from Latin calere "be hot" (see calorie). French chaland "customer, client" is of the same origin. Related: Nonchalantly.
nondescript (adj.): 1680s, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + Latin descriptus, past participle of describere (see describe). General sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806.
none (n.): Old English nan (pron.) "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no) + an "one" (see one). Cognate with Old Saxon, Middle Low German nen, Old Norse neinn, Middle Dutch, Dutch neen, Old High German, German nein "no," and analogous to Latin non- (see non-). As an adverb from c. 1200. As an adjective, since c. 1600 reduced to no except in a few archaic phrases, especially before vowels, such as none other, none the worse.