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Where does “unstilted” come from?

unstilted (English) comes from English stilted, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

unstilted (English): Not stilted

Definitions

  1. Not stilted

Ancestry of “unstilted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstiltedMaking use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →