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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwizenedsimple past tense and past participle of wizen;...
2Middle Englishwisenen—
3Old Englishwisnian—
4Proto-Germanicwisnon—
Every word from Proto-Germanic wisnon →