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
- Something that removes protection
Ancestry of “unprotector”, step by step
unprotector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unprotect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unprotect | To remove protection from |
| 2 | English | protect | To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent... |
| 3 | French | protection | protection |
| 4 | Italian | protezione | protection |
| 5 | Spanish | protección | protection |
| 6 | Late Latin | protectio | a covering over; protection; shelter |
| 7 | Latin | prōtēctus | covered |
| 8 | Latin | protegere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |