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Where does “unbarricade” come from?

unbarricade (English) comes from English barricade, from French barricade, from French -ade, from Occitan -ada, from Latin -ata, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

unbarricade (English): To unbolt or unbar; to open

Definitions

  1. To unbolt or unbar; to open

Ancestry of “unbarricade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarricadeA barrier constructed across a road, especially...
2Frenchbarricadebarricade; first-person singular present...
3French-adeUsed to form collectives; Indicating a dish or...
4Occitan-ada-ing
5Latin-atanominative feminine singular of -ātus; nominative...
6Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
7Proto-Italic-ātos—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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