Where does “unmaken” come from?

unmaken (Middle English) comes from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unmaken (Middle English): to unmake, to destroy, to kill

Definitions

  1. to unmake, to destroy, to kill

Ancestry of “unmaken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishun-—
2Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unmaken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old English un- →