Etymology

unconstraining

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Today it means: That does not constrain Full definition →

English constraining ← Middle English constreinen ← Old French constreindre
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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*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincōn-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  15. Proto-Italic*stringō
  16. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  18. Proto-Italic*strengō
  19. Latinstringō
  20. Latincōnstringō
  21. Old Frenchconstreindre
  22. Middle Englishconstreinen
  23. Englishconstraining
  24. English todayunconstraining

From un- + constraining.

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