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Where does “undenatured” come from?

undenatured (English) comes from English denatured, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

undenatured (English): Not denatured

Definitions

  1. Not denatured

Ancestry of “undenatured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdenaturedHaving been deprived of its nature, having had...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →