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Where does “unmesh” come from?

unmesh (English) comes from English mesh, from Middle English mesche, from Old English māsc, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

unmesh (English): To cease to be meshed together

Definitions

  1. To cease to be meshed together

Ancestry of “unmesh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeshA structure made of connected strands of metal,...
2Middle Englishmesche—
3Old Englishmāscmash; mixture, mash
4Proto-West Germanic*maskā—
5Proto-Germanicmaskwǭloop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgo-netting, mesh, knot, loop
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmezgʷ-to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
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