Etymology

unelastic

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Today it means: lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique ← Middle English un-
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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. Frenchélastique
  9. Englishelastic
  10. English todayunelastic

From un- + elastic.

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