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Where does “unclouded” come from?

Unclouded derives from English clouded with the prefix un-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unclouded (English): Not cloudy; clear

Definitions

  1. Not cloudy; clear

Ancestry of “unclouded”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
3Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
4Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
5Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “unclouded”

  • uncloudedly
  • uncloudedness
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