Where does “unfoldment” come from?
Unfoldment comes from English unfold plus the suffix -ment, which derives from Old French -ment, Latin -mentum, and ultimately Latin mens meaning "mind," from Proto-Indo-European méntis.
unfoldment (English): unfolding
Definitions
- unfolding
Ancestry of “unfoldment”, step by step
unfoldment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfold | To undo a folding; To turn out; to happen; to... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |