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
- simple past tense and past participle of unlink;...
Ancestry of “unlinked”, step by step
unlinked traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unlink
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unlink | To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English linked
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | linked | connected, either with links, or as if with... |