Etymology

unbidding

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Today it means: Not bidding Full definition →

Middle English unbiddende ← Old English unbiddende ← Proto-Germanic *unbidjandz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unbidjandz“not asking”
  2. Old English · inherited fromunbiddende
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunbiddende
  4. English todayunbidding

From Middle English unbiddende, from Old English unbiddende, from Proto-Germanic *unbidjandz (“not asking”), equivalent to un- + bidding.

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