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Where does “unstuttering” come from?

unstuttering (English) comes from English stuttering, from English stutter, from Middle English stutten, from Old English stuttan, from Proto-Germanic stutjaną — to stammer, stop short.

unstuttering (English): Speaking or spoken without a stutter

Definitions

  1. Speaking or spoken without a stutter

Ancestry of “unstuttering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstutteringA speech disorder in which the flow of speech is...
2EnglishstutterTo speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal...
3Middle Englishstuttenstutter; to stammer, stop short
4Old Englishstuttanto stop short, stutter
5Proto-Germanicstutjanąto stammer, stop short
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