Where does “unwizened” come from?

unwizened (English) comes from English wizened, from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, from Proto-Germanic wisnon.

unwizened (English): Not wizened

Definitions

  1. Not wizened

Ancestry of “unwizened”, step by step

unwizened traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wizened

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwizenedsimple past tense and past participle of wizen;...
2Middle Englishwisenen—
3Old Englishwisnianto dry up, wither
4Proto-Germanicwisnon—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Germanic wisnon →Every word from Old English wisnian →Every word from Middle English wisenen →