Where does “unadorn” come from?

unadorn (English) comes from English adorn, from Middle English adornen, from Latin adōrnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unadorn (English): To add a feature or embellishment that makes something uglier; uglify

Definitions

  1. To add a feature or embellishment that makes something uglier; uglify

Ancestry of “unadorn”, step by step

unadorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English adorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadornTo make more beautiful and attractive; to...
2Middle Englishadornen
3Latinadōrnōto get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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