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 onlūcan →Every word from Middle English unloken →