Etymology

unentangle

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Today it means: To reverse the process of entanglement Full definition →

English entangle ← Middle English entanglen ← 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. Middle Englishentanglen
  10. Englishentangle
  11. English todayunentangle

From un- + entangle.

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