Etymology

unactivated

U1N1A1C3T1I1V4A1T1E1D2

Today it means: Not activated; (often, especially) never yet activated. Full definition →

English activated ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishactivated
  9. English todayunactivated

From un- + activated.

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