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Where does “unmanifesting” come from?

unmanifesting (English) comes from English manifesting, from English manifest, from Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifestus, from Latin infestus, from Latin infendo, from Latin fendo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.

unmanifesting (English): Not manifesting itself; remaining hidden

Definitions

  1. Not manifesting itself; remaining hidden

Ancestry of “unmanifesting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmanifestingpresent participle of manifest
2EnglishmanifestEvident to the senses, especially to the sight;...
3Middle Frenchmanifeste—
4Latinmanifestusapparent, palpable, manifest, evident, plain
5Latininfestusunsafe, dangerous; hostile, aggressive;...
6Latininfendostrike
7LatinfendoI hit; I thrust
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
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