Etymology

unexperience

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Today it means: To undo the act of experiencing something; to erase the memory of having experienced something. Full definition →

English experience ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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unexperience · noun1

  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. Englishexperience
  9. English todayunexperience

From un- (“lack of”) + experience (noun).

unexperience · verb2

  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. Englishexperience
  10. English todayunexperience

From un- (“inverse of”) + experience (verb).

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