Where does “unshake” come from?

unshake (English) comes from English shake, from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan.

unshake (English): To retract; to unfold

Definitions

  1. To retract; to unfold

Ancestry of “unshake”, step by step

unshake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshakeTo cause to move rapidly in opposite directions...
2Middle EnglishschakenTo shake or quake
3Old Englishsċeacan—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne

Words derived from “unshake”

Every word from Old English sċeacan →Every word from Middle English schaken →Every word from English shake →