Etymology

unclip

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Today it means: To release something by removing a clip. Full definition →

English clip ← Middle English clippen ← Old English clyppan
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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-Indo-European*gel-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*b(ʰ)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gelb(ʰ)-
  12. Proto-Germanic*klupjaną
  13. Old Englishclyppan
  14. Middle Englishclippen
  15. Englishclip
  16. English todayunclip

From un- + clip.

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