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Where does “unsteeled” come from?

unsteeled (English) comes from English unsteel, from English steel, from English -ville, from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

unsteeled (English): simple past tense and past participle of unsteel;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unsteel;...

Ancestry of “unsteeled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunsteelTo disarm; to soften
2EnglishsteelAn artificial metal produced from iron, harder...
3English-villeUsed to form a name of an inhabited place, a town...
4Frenchvilletown, city
5Middle Frenchvillecity or town
6Old Frenchvillecity or town
7Latinvīlla—
8Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
9Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
10Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
11Proto-Italic-tus—
12Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →