Etymology of -n't

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suffix

Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From both univerbations of not and some preceding words (see usage notes), with following elision of the medial vowel, as well as univerbations of already reduced n't with preceding words.

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