Where does “unalloyed” come from?
Unalloyed derives from English alloy, from Latin unus (one), from Proto-Indo-European óynos, traced to the root ano- and ne, ultimately from h₂ent-.
unalloyed (English): Not alloyed; not in mixture with other metals;...
Definitions
- Not alloyed; not in mixture with other metals;...
Ancestry of “unalloyed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 3 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “unalloyed”