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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

  1. unfolding

Ancestry of “unfoldment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunfoldTo undo a folding; To turn out; to happen; to...
2EnglishUn-—
3EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
4Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
5Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
6Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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