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Where does “unfrequency” come from?

unfrequency (English) comes from English unfrequent, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unfrequency (English): The state of being unfrequent; infrequency

Definitions

  1. The state of being unfrequent; infrequency

Ancestry of “unfrequency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunfrequentNot frequent; not common; not happening often;...
2EnglishUn-—
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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