Etymology

unfresh

U1N1F4R1E1S1H4

Today it means: Stale, not fresh. Full definition →

English fresh ← Middle English fressh ← Old English fersċ
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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*preyskos
  9. Proto-Germanic*friskaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*frisk
  11. Old Englishfersċ
  12. Middle Englishfressh
  13. Englishfresh
  14. English todayunfresh

From un- + fresh.

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