Where does “unrip” come from?

unrip (English) comes from English RIP, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

unrip (English): To open something by ripping/tearing

Definitions

  1. To open something by ripping/tearing

Ancestry of “unrip”, step by step

unrip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English RIP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRIPInitialism of requiescat in pace, initialism of...
2English-leA frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating...
3Middle English-el
4Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English un

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