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2007-02-06 11:37:42 · 8 answers · asked by dookie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it makes no sense that you don't know that
2007-02-06 11:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by sammy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd have had the answer 35 minutes ago if you'd looked in a good dictionary which gives the history of words. You'd have found that 'non' is from the Latin for 'no'. You're asking this question on YA is nonsense, because you could have had the answer quickly without losing five points.
2007-02-06 12:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense is an utterance or written text in what appears to be a human language or other symbolic system, that does not in fact carry any identifiable meaning
2007-02-06 11:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by scm82 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question isn't about the meaning of the word, but the origin of the word. I think it's one of the many words that Shakespeare coined.
2007-02-07 13:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely it's from ' no sense' therefore it's makes nonsense!!!
2007-02-06 11:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nicky C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nonsense
1614, from non- + sense.
See http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nonsense&searchmode=none
Good Luck!!!
2007-02-06 11:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
French, probably. "non" = no; "sense" = sense
ergo: No sense.
2007-02-06 11:40:57 · answer #7 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes No Sence ... Nonsence
2007-02-06 11:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by Yahoo Answer Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋