Etymology

unamused

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Today it means: Not amused; thus often offended or put off. Full definition →

English amused ← Middle English *amusen ← Old French amuser
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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*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Old Frencha-
  13. Medieval Latinmusumder.?
  14. Old Frenchmuser
  15. Old Frenchamuser
  16. Middle English*amusen
  17. Englishamuse
  18. Englishamused
  19. English todayunamused

From un- + amused.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.