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Where does “unsalted” come from?

Unsalted derives from English salt with the prefix un-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₂ent-, elements expressing negation and being.

unsalted (English): To which salt has not been added; Without a...

Definitions

  1. To which salt has not been added; Without a...

Ancestry of “unsalted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
3Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
4Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
5Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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