Where does “unsplayed” come from?
unsplayed (English) comes from English splayed, from English splay, from Middle English splaien, from Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, from Old French espeer, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
unsplayed (English): Not splayed
Definitions
- Not splayed
Ancestry of “unsplayed”, step by step
unsplayed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English splayed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | splayed | Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be... |
| 2 | English | splay | To spread; spread out; To dislocate, as a... |
| 3 | Middle English | splaien | — |
| 4 | Middle English | spaien | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | espeier | Alternative form of espier; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Old French | espeer | to pierce |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |