Etymology

unannoying

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Today it means: Not annoying. Full definition →

English annoying ← Middle English anoyen ← Old French enoiier
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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*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Latinin-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  13. Proto-Italic*odjom
  14. Latinodium
  15. Late Latininodiāre
  16. Old Frenchenoiier
  17. Middle Englishanoyen
  18. Englishannoying
  19. English todayunannoying

From un- + annoying.

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