Where does “unidle” come from?

unidle (English) comes from English idle, from Middle English idel, from Old English īdel, from Proto-West Germanic *īdl — void, empty, ineffective.

unidle (English): Not idle

Definitions

  1. Not idle

Ancestry of “unidle”, step by step

unidle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English idle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishidleEmpty, vacant; Not being used appropriately; not...
2Middle Englishidel—
3Old Englishīdelempty, void; bereft
4Proto-West Germanic*īdlvoid, empty, ineffective

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *īdl →Every word from Old English īdel →Every word from Middle English idel →