Where does “unpaywall” come from?

unpaywall (English) comes from English paywall, from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

unpaywall (English): To remove a paywall from

Definitions

  1. To remove a paywall from

Ancestry of “unpaywall”, step by step

unpaywall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paywall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaywallA feature of a website, application or service...
2EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
3Middle Englishpayenpagan
4Old Frenchpaiierto pay
5Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
6Latinpācāre
7Latinpāxpeace
8Proto-Italicpākspeace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-