Where does “unyearning” come from?

unyearning (English) comes from English yearning, from Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning.

unyearning (English): Not yearning

Definitions

  1. Not yearning

Ancestry of “unyearning”, step by step

unyearning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English yearning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyearningA wistful or melancholy longing; Present...
2Middle Englishyerning—
3Old Englishġierning—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Old English ġierning →Every word from Middle English yerning →Every word from English yearning →