Where does “verunstalten” come from?

verunstalten (German) comes from German ver- -en — Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)".

verunstalten (German): to disfigure

Definitions

  1. to disfigure

Ancestry of “verunstalten”, step by step

verunstalten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanver- -enForms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)"

via German unstalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunstalt
Every word from German ver- -en
verunstalten — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer