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Where does “unprotector” come from?

unprotector (English) comes from English unprotect, from English protect, from French protection, from Italian protezione, from Spanish protección, from Late Latin protectio, from Latin prōtēctus, from Latin protegere — passed , crossed.

unprotector (English): Something that removes protection

Definitions

  1. Something that removes protection

Ancestry of “unprotector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunprotectTo remove protection from
2EnglishprotectTo keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent...
3Frenchprotectionprotection
4Italianprotezioneprotection
5Spanishprotecciónprotection
6Late Latinprotectioa covering over; protection; shelter
7Latinprōtēctus—
8Latinprotegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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