Where does “unstow” come from?
unstow (English) comes from English stow, from Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
unstow (English): To unload from a ship, etc
Definitions
- To unload from a ship, etc
Ancestry of “unstow”, step by step
unstow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stow | A place, stead; To put something away in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | stowe | place |
| 3 | Old English | stōw | place, locality, site; place, location; a place,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōu | a place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stōō | a place, location, site |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂w- | to set, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |