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Where does “uningrained” come from?

uningrained (English) comes from English ingrained, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

uningrained (English): Not ingrained

Definitions

  1. Not ingrained

Ancestry of “uningrained”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingrainedBeing an element; present in the essence of a...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →