Where does “unslender” come from?
unslender (English) comes from English slender, from Middle English slendre, from Old French esclendre, from Old Dutch slinder, from Proto-Germanic slindraz, from Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ- — to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick.
unslender (English): Not slender
Ancestry of “unslender”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | slender | Thin; slim; meagre; deficient; Palatalized |
| 2 | Middle English | slendre | — |
| 3 | Old French | esclendre | thin, slender |
| 4 | Old Dutch | slinder | thin, lank |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slindraz | sliding, slippery |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sleydʰ- | to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick |