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Where does “unenthrall” come from?

unenthrall (English) comes from English enthrall, from Middle English enthrallen, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “unenthrall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenthrallTo hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or...
2Middle Englishenthrallen—
3Middle Englishen-en-, in-
4Old Frenchen-en-
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →