Where does “unfrend” come from?

unfrend (Scots) comes from Middle English onfrend, 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.

unfrend (Scots): unfriend (one who is not a friend; an enemy)

Definitions

  1. unfriend (one who is not a friend; an enemy)

Ancestry of “unfrend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishonfrendfoe
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old English un- →
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