Etymology

unambiguousness

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Today it means: The property of being unambiguous. Full definition →

English unambiguous ← Latin ambiguu ← Proto-Italic *agō
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  11. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  12. Latinambi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  15. Proto-Italic*agō
  16. Latinagō
  17. Latinambig(ō)
  18. Latinambiguu
  19. Englishambiguous
  20. Englishunambiguous
  21. English todayunambiguousness

From unambiguous + -ness.

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