Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). · A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. · Neither. · Used to introduce a further negative statement.
Contraction of Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.
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- Inherited-form mentionnautherenm
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