Where does “unshanked” come from?

unshanked (English) comes from English shanked — simple past tense and past participle of shank;...

unshanked (English): Not shanked in various senses

Definitions

  1. Not shanked in various senses

Ancestry of “unshanked”, step by step

unshanked traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shanked

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishshankedsimple past tense and past participle of shank;...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from English shanked