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Where does “unshape” come from?

unshape (English) comes from English shape, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

unshape (English): To deprive of shape; throw out of form or into...

Definitions

  1. To deprive of shape; throw out of form or into...

Ancestry of “unshape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshapeThe status or condition of something; Condition...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

Words derived from “unshape”

  • unshapen
Every word from Old English -ed →