Where does “unscarce” come from?

unscarce (English) comes from English scarce, from Middle English scars, from Old Northern French scars.

unscarce (English): Not scarce

Definitions

  1. Not scarce

Ancestry of “unscarce”, step by step

unscarce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scarce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscarceUncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient...
2Middle EnglishscarsRare, scarce; not common or widespread
3Old Northern Frenchscars—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Old Northern French scars →Every word from Middle English scars →Every word from English scarce →