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Where does “unlaughing” come from?

unlaughing (English) comes from English laughing, from Middle English laughynge, from Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, from Proto-West Germanic hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European klek- — to laugh, cackle.

unlaughing (English): Not laughing

Definitions

  1. Not laughing

Ancestry of “unlaughing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaughingThe action of the verb to laugh; present...
2Middle Englishlaughynge—
3Middle EnglishlaughenTo laugh; to break out in laughter or laughing;...
4Old Englishhlæhhan—
5Proto-West Germanichlahhjanto laugh
6Proto-Germanichlahjanąto laugh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklek-to laugh, cackle

Words derived from “unlaughing”

  • unlaughingly
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