not
Middle English
/nɔt/
adv
Definitions
- not (negates the accompanying verb)
- not (to no degree, extent, or way)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nāwiht (nothing, naught, no thing).
Origin
Old English
nāwiht
Gloss
nothing, naught, no thing
Concept
Semantic Field
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Cognates and derived terms
- cannot English
- dursn't English
- durstn't English
- injucundity English
- not English
- not've English
- notness English
- notself English
- notwheat English
- notwithstanding English
- whatnot English
- wherenot English
- won't English
- *nutō Proto-Germanic
- notu Old English
- nāwiht Old English
- nōht Old English
- noteful Middle English
- nought Middle English
- note Scots
- nowt Scots
- naw Jamaican Creole