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Where does “unamazing” come from?

unamazing (English) comes from English amazing, from English amaze, from Middle English amased, from Old English āmasian, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

unamazing (English): Not amazing; unremarkable, ordinary

Definitions

  1. Not amazing; unremarkable, ordinary

Ancestry of “unamazing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishamazingpresent participle of amaze; Causing wonder and...
2EnglishamazeTo fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish,...
3Middle Englishamasedshocked; incapable of action or movement; scared,...
4Old Englishāmasianto perplex, confound; to confuse, astonish
5Old Englishā-a-; away, out
6Old Englishar-—
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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