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Where does “unawakening” come from?

unawakening (English) comes from English awakening, from English awaken, from Middle English awakenen, from Old English awæcnan, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

unawakening (English): Not awakening; dormant, asleep

Definitions

  1. Not awakening; dormant, asleep

Ancestry of “unawakening”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishawakeningRousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative...
2EnglishawakenTo cause to become awake; To stop sleeping;...
3Middle Englishawakenen—
4Old Englishawæcnan—
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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