Etymology

unbearing

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Today it means: Bearing no fruit. Full definition →

Middle English unbering ← Old English unberende ← Proto-Germanic *unberandz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unberandz
  2. Old English · inherited fromunberende
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunbering
  4. English todayunbearing

From Middle English unbering, unberinde, from Old English unberende, from Proto-Germanic *unberandz, equivalent to un- + bearing.

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