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Where does “unpaunch” come from?

unpaunch (English) comes from English paunch, from Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

unpaunch (English): To eviscerate, disembowel

Definitions

  1. To eviscerate, disembowel

Ancestry of “unpaunch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaunchThe first compartment of the stomach of a...
2Middle Englishpaunchestomach, belly; innards, guts
3Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
4Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts
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