Etymology

unfashionable

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Today it means: Not fashionable. Full definition →

English fashionable ← Middle English facioun ← Old French façon
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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*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  11. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  12. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  13. Latinfaciō
  14. Latinfactiōnem
  15. Old Frenchfaçon
  16. Middle Englishfacioun
  17. Englishfashion
  18. Englishfashionable
  19. English todayunfashionable

From un- + fashionable.

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