English

inessential

From in- + essential.

A compound of in- + essential

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin essentia ‘being’

Late Latin essentiālis

English essential

Today it means

adj Not essential.

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Etymograph / inessential

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