Etymology

unground

U1N1G2R1O1U1N1D2

Today it means: Not having been ground; unpulverized. Full definition →

English ground ← Middle English ground ← Old English grund
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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*gʰrem-
  9. Proto-Germanic*grunduz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*grundu
  11. Old Englishgrund
  12. Middle Englishground
  13. Englishground
  14. English todayunground

From un- + ground.

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