Where does “unstraighten” come from?
unstraighten (English) comes from English straighten, from English straight, from Middle English streight, from Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan, from Proto-West Germanic strakkjan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.
unstraighten (English): To rearrange or reposition something so that it...
Definitions
- To rearrange or reposition something so that it...
Ancestry of “unstraighten”, step by step
unstraighten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English straighten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | straighten | To cause to become straight; To become straight;... |
| 2 | English | straight | Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction... |
| 3 | Middle English | streight | straight; direct |
| 4 | Middle English | strecchen | To stretch out, spread, extend; To stretch,... |
| 5 | Old English | streċċan | to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | strakkjan | to stretch, to make straight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)treg- | rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |