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Where does “unhingement” come from?

unhingement (English) comes from English unhinge, from English Un-, from English still, from Old English stillan, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

unhingement (English): The act of unhinging, or the state of being...

Definitions

  1. The act of unhinging, or the state of being...

Ancestry of “unhingement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunhingeTo remove the leaf of a door or a window from its...
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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