Where does “onbevreesd” come from?

onbevreesd (Dutch) comes from Dutch bevreesd, from Dutch bevrezen.

onbevreesd (Dutch): fearless, unperturbed

Definitions

  1. fearless, unperturbed

Ancestry of “onbevreesd”, step by step

onbevreesd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bevreesd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbevreesdafraid
2Dutchbevrezen—

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Dutch bevrezen →Every word from Dutch bevreesd →
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