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Where does “unwired” come from?

unwired (English) comes from English wired, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος.

unwired (English): simple past tense and past participle of unwire

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unwire

Ancestry of “unwired”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwiredEquipped with wires, so as to connect to a power...
2EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
3Middle Englishwir—
4Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
5EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
6Old Frenchmyrte—
7Latinmyrtusmyrtle
8Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
9Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
10Ancient Greek-ίκη—
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