Etymology

unburden

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Today it means: To free from burden, or relieve from trouble. Full definition →

English burden ← Middle English on- ← Old English on-
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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. Englishburden
  10. English todayunburden

From un- + burden.

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