Where does “unharassed” come from?
unharassed (English) comes from English harassed, from English harass, from Old French harasser, from Old French harer, from Old French hare, from Frankish hara, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unharassed (English): Not harassed
Definitions
- Not harassed
Ancestry of “unharassed”, step by step
unharassed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English harassed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | harassed | simple past tense and past participle of harass |
| 2 | English | harass | To fatigue or to tire with repeated and... |
| 3 | Old French | harasser | to tire out, to vex |
| 4 | Old French | harer | to stir up, provoke, set a dog on |
| 5 | Old French | hare | — |
| 6 | Frankish | hara | here; hither; here, hither |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |