Etymology

unanchor

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Today it means: To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor. Full definition →

English anchor ← Middle English anker ← Old English ancor
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The story

  1. Englishun-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enk-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.?
  4. Latinancora
  5. Proto-Germanic*ankurô
  6. Proto-West Germanic*ankurō
  7. Old Englishancor
  8. Middle Englishanker
  9. Englishanchor
  10. English todayunanchor

From un- + anchor.

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