Where does “unspelt” come from?

unspelt (English) comes from English spelt, from Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt, from Old Saxon spelta, from Proto-Germanic spiltaz — spelt.

unspelt (English): Not spelt

Definitions

  1. Not spelt

Ancestry of “unspelt”, step by step

unspelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spelt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishspeltsimple past tense and past participle of spell; A...
2Middle Englishspelt
3Old Englishspeltspelt, corn
4Old Saxonspeltaspelt
5Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltazEvery word from Old Saxon speltaEvery word from Old English spelt
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