Where does “unpiercing” come from?
unpiercing (English) comes from English piercing, from English pierce, from Middle English perce, from Old French percier, from Latin pertusiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere, from Latin pertundo — to praise, laud.
unpiercing (English): Not piercing
Definitions
- Not piercing
Ancestry of “unpiercing”, step by step
unpiercing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piercing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piercing | present participle of pierce; The action of the... |
| 2 | English | pierce | to puncture; to break through; to create a hole... |
| 3 | Middle English | perce | pierce |
| 4 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 5 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 7 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 9 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |