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
- To divest of clothing; to strip
Ancestry of “unapparel”, step by step
unapparel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English apparel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apparel | Clothing; Aspect, guise, form; A small ornamental... |
| 2 | Old French | apareillier | to arm or tool oneself; to tool; to equip; to... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | appariclare | — |
| 4 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |