Etymology

unchain

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Today it means: To remove chains from someone or something. Full definition →

English chain ← Middle English cheyne ← Old French chaeine
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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. Proto-Italic*katesnā
  10. Latincatēna
  11. Old Frenchchaeine
  12. Middle Englishcheyne
  13. Englishchain
  14. English todayunchain

From un- + chain.

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