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Etymology and origin of the Latin word nondum

Confidence
Established
Formation
Compound
First attested
c. 250–184 BC, Plautus

Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ˈnoːn.dũː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɔn.dum][1]

Forms

nōndum (not comparable)[1]

Etymology

It is a univerbation of nōn “not” and dum.[2][3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Plautus has nōndum sex mēnsēs, “not yet six months”.[3] Köbler dates it from Plautus.[4]

Semantic evolution

Nōndum means “not yet” throughout Latin, of time not yet reached (nōndum centum et decem annī sunt, “it is not yet a hundred and ten years”).[2][3][1][5]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: nōndum sex mēnsēs.[3][4]
  • 81–43 BC – Cicero: nōndum Vocōniā lēge lātā, “when the Voconian law had not yet been passed”.[3][4]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. Not yet.[2][3][1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
Cite this entry

“Nondum.” Etymologically, 18 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/nondum. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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