nonchalant
/ˌnɒnʃəˈlɒnt/non-shuh-LONT
/ˌnɑnʃəˈlɑnt/nahn-shuh-LAHNT
Meaningnot warm; unconcerned
Common meaning: calm and unconcerned
- nonnot
- chalto be warm; heatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 268 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
‘not’ + ‘to be warm’ → nonchalant
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin caleō; calor ‘to be warm; heat’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry caleō, p. 268 · dictionary scan
Roots
- caleō; calor Latin “to be warm; heat”
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