Etymology

unbag

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Today it means: To remove from a bag. Full definition →

English bag ← Middle English bagge ← Old French baguebor.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  10. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  11. Middle Englishbagge
  12. Englishbag
  13. English todayunbag

From un- + bag.

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