Where does “unengage” come from?

unengage (English) comes from English engagé, from Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier, from Old French gage, from Frankish waddī, from Latin wadium, from Frankish wadi, from Proto-Germanic wadją — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

unengage (English): To rid of a marriage engagement

Definitions

  1. To rid of a marriage engagement

Ancestry of “unengage”, step by step

unengage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English engagé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishengagéSomeone serving under a contract of engagement;...
2Middle Englishengagen
3Old Frenchengagierto use as a guarantee
4Old Frenchgagewage; payment
5Frankishwaddī
6Latinwadiumpledge; legal contract; marriage contract
7Frankishwadiwager, stake, pledge
8Proto-Germanicwadjąwager, stake, pledge
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ-