Etymology

unaccumulate

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Today it means: To get rid of something previously accumulated. Full definition →

English accumulate ← Middle English accumylaten ← Latin accumulātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  15. Latincumulus
  16. Latincumulō
  17. Latinaccumulō
  18. Latinaccumulātus
  19. Middle Englishaccumylaten
  20. Englishaccumulate
  21. English todayunaccumulate

From un- + accumulate.

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