Etymology

ungreen

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Today it means: Not green. Full definition →

Middle English ungrene ← Old English ungrēne ← Proto-West Germanic *ungrōnī
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*ungrōnī“not green”
  2. Old English · inherited fromungrēne“not green”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromungrene
  4. English todayungreen

From Middle English ungrene, from Old English ungrēne (“not green”), from Proto-West Germanic *ungrōnī (“not green”), equivalent to un- + green. Compare West Frisian ûngrien (“ungreen”), Dutch ongroen (“ungreen”), German ungrün (“not green”), Danish ugrøn (“ungreen”), Swedish ogrön (“ungreen”), Icelandic ógræn (“ungreen”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.