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Where does “unwithdrawn” come from?

unwithdrawn (English) comes from English withdrawn, from English withdraw, from Middle English withdrawen, from Middle English drawen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.

unwithdrawn (English): Not withdrawn

Definitions

  1. Not withdrawn

Ancestry of “unwithdrawn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwithdrawnremoved from circulation; introverted; not...
2EnglishwithdrawTo pull back, aside, or away; To stop talking...
3Middle Englishwithdrawento draw away, draw back
4Middle EnglishdrawenTo pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or...
5Old Englishdraġanto draw, drag
6Proto-West Germanicdraganto haul, to carry
7Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide
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