Etymology

unbelated

un·be·lat·ed
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Today it means: Not belated. Full definition →

English belated ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be-
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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. Englishlate
  19. Englishbelate
  20. Englishbelated
  21. English todayunbelated

From un- + belated.

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