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Where does “unapparel” come from?

unapparel (English) comes from English apparel, from Old French apareillier, from Vulgar Latin appariclare, from Latin apparō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

unapparel (English): To divest of clothing; to strip

Definitions

  1. To divest of clothing; to strip

Ancestry of “unapparel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapparelClothing; Aspect, guise, form; A small ornamental...
2Old Frenchapareillierto arm or tool oneself; to tool; to equip; to...
3Vulgar Latinappariclare—
4Latinapparō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →