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Where does “unwounded” come from?

Unwounded derives from English wound (injury) with the prefix un-, tracing to Latin unus (one), Proto-Indo-European óynos (one), and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- (being).

unwounded (English): Not wounded

Definitions

  1. Not wounded

Ancestry of “unwounded”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
3Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
4Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
5Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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