English Explanatory Dictionary

nonfiction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nonfiction.wav

Word forms

nonfiction nonfictions non-fiction

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English nonfiction From non- + fiction.

Related words

nonfictional

Derived words

creative nonfiction nonfiction novel

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