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Where does “unlinked” come from?

Unlinked is the English negative form of link, which traces back through Latin unus to Proto-Indo-European óynos, derived from the root ano- meaning one.

unlinked (English): simple past tense and past participle of unlink;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unlink;...

Ancestry of “unlinked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunlinkTo decouple; to remove a link from, or separate...
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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