Etymology

unkindled

U1N1K5I1N1D2L1E1D2

Today it means: Not kindled (lit, or set alight). Full definition →

English kindled ← Middle English un- ← Old 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. Englishkindled
  9. English todayunkindled

From un- + kindled.

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