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Where does “uneath” come from?

uneath (English) comes from Middle English unethe, from Old English unēaþe — difficult, not easy.

uneath (English): Not easy; hard; Not easily; hardly, scarcely;...

Definitions

  1. Not easy; hard; Not easily; hardly, scarcely;...

Ancestry of “uneath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunethe—
2Old Englishunēaþedifficult, not easy
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