Etymology

unbejeweled

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English bejeweled ← Middle English juel ← Anglo-Norman jue
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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*h₁ep-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  12. Proto-Germanic*bi
  13. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  14. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  15. Old Englishbe-
  16. Middle Englishbi-
  17. Englishbe-
  18. Anglo-Normanjue
  19. Middle Englishjuel
  20. Englishjewel
  21. Englishbejewel
  22. Englishbejeweled
  23. English todayunbejeweled

From un- + bejeweled.

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