Etymology

unarmored

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Today it means: Not armored; not wearing armor Full definition →

English armored ← Middle English armure ← Anglo-Norman armure
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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*h₂er-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  10. Proto-Italic*armos
  11. Latinarma
  12. Latinarmō
  13. Latinarmātūra
  14. Old Frencharmeure
  15. Anglo-Normanarmure
  16. Middle Englisharmure
  17. Englisharmor
  18. Englisharmored
  19. English todayunarmored

From un- + armored.

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