Where does “unspying” come from?
unspying (English) comes from English spying, from English spy, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
unspying (English): That does not spy
Definitions
- That does not spy
Ancestry of “unspying”, step by step
unspying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spying
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spying | present participle of spy; espionage |
| 2 | English | spy | A person who secretly watches and examines the... |
| 3 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |