Etymology

unexplosive

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Today it means: Not explosive Full definition →

English explosive ← Latin explōs- ← 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. Latinexplodō
  9. Latinexplōs-
  10. Englishexplosive
  11. English todayunexplosive

From un- + explosive.

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