Where does “unabridged” come from?
Unabridged derives from English abridged, which comes from Latin unus meaning "one," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately to the root h₂ent-.
unabridged (English): Not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed;...
Definitions
- Not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed;...
Ancestry of “unabridged”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abridged | Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work;... |
| 2 | English | abridge | To deprive; to cut off; To debar from; To make... |
| 3 | Middle English | abreggen | To lessen; To shorten or reduce in duration or... |
| 4 | Old French | abreger | To shorten; to make shorter |
| 5 | Latin | abbreviō | to shorten, abbreviate, abridge |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |