Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Did not; didn't.
adv
At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. · Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. · Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA statement of defiance
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Old English ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Old English nǣfre Middle English nevere English never From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever.
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