Where does “unconfine” come from?
unconfine (English) comes from English confine, from Middle French confiner, from Middle French confins, from Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from Latin confinis, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
unconfine (English): To free from confinement
Definitions
- To free from confinement
Ancestry of “unconfine”, step by step
unconfine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English confine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confine | To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or... |
| 2 | Middle French | confiner | — |
| 3 | Middle French | confins | — |
| 4 | Latin | confines | nominative masculine plural of cōnfīnis;... |
| 5 | Latin | confinium | confine; border; limit |
| 6 | Latin | confinis | bordering on, adjoining, contiguous |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |