Where does “unlock” come from?

Unlock comes from Middle English unloken, from Old English onlūcan, meaning to open or unfasten.

unlock (English): To undo or open a lock or something locked by,...

Definitions

  1. To undo or open a lock or something locked by,...

Ancestry of “unlock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunloken
2Old Englishonlūcanto unlock

Words derived from “unlock

Every word from Old English onlūcanEvery word from Middle English unloken