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18 Oct 2026, 04:30 by bogdan “Fix punctuation and links in new French entries” current version

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  ==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|fro|ne]], [[inh|la|nōn|t=not]], with a special development due to its place in front of the verb, where it was unstressed.^(TLFi)^(FEW|7, 183b)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) “Non” weakened to [[m|fro|nen]] before a vowel, a form that survived after the Middle Ages only in [[nenni]], and lost its nasal ending before a consonant, giving “no” and “ne”, “ne” gradually replaced the other forms.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) The stressed form of the same word is [[non]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) In old texts “ne” often means “nor”: in that use it comes from [[m|la|nec|t=and not]], the source of [[ni]].^(Littré 1873)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
+ It is [[inh|fro|ne]], [[inh|la|nōn|t=not]], with a special development due to its place in front of the verb, where it was unstressed.^(TLFi)^(FEW|7, 183b)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) “Non” weakened to [[m|fro|nen]] before a vowel, a form that survived after the Middle Ages only in [[nenni]], and lost its nasal ending before a consonant, giving “no” and “ne”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) “Ne” gradually replaced the other forms.^(DHLF 1992) The stressed form of the same word is [[non]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) In old texts “ne” often means “nor”: in that use it comes from [[m|la|nec|t=and not]], the source of [[ni]].^(Littré 1873)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
  
  Cognate with [[it|non]], [[es|no]] and [[pro|no]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
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  * 881 – ''No'' in the ''Sequence of Saint Eulalia''.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)
  * first half of 10th century – ''Ne'' in the Jonas fragment.^(TLFi)
− * c. 1050 – ''Nen'' before a vowel and elided ''n''' in the ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(TLFi)
+ * c. 1050 – ''Nen'' before a vowel and elided ''n’'' in the ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(TLFi)
  * 11th century – ''Ne'' begins to be reinforced by ''pas'', ''point'', ''mie''.^(DHLF 1992)
  
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  ==Usage notes==
− ''Ne'' is elided to ''n''' before a vowel or mute ''h''; only object pronouns can come between it and the verb (''je ne le veux pas'').^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ ''Ne'' is elided to ''n’'' before a vowel or mute ''h''; only object pronouns can come between it and the verb (''je ne le veux pas'').^(Petit Robert 2007)
  
  ==References==