Where does “unfoaming” come from?

unfoaming (English) comes from English foaming, from English foam, from Middle English fom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)- — to succeed, to prosper.

unfoaming (English): Not foaming

Definitions

  1. Not foaming

Ancestry of “unfoaming”, step by step

unfoaming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foaming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfoamingpresent participle of foam; A process that forms...
2EnglishfoamA substance composed of a large collection of...
3Middle EnglishfomAlternative form of fome
4Old Englishfāmfoam
5Proto-West Germanic*faimfoam, froth
6Proto-Germanicfaimazfoam
7Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os
8Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-