Etymology

unleavened

un·leaven·ed
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Today it means: Without any yeast or other raising agent. Full definition →

English leavened ← Middle English levayn ← Old French levain
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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*h₁lengʷʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  10. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  11. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  12. Latinlevis
  13. Latinlevō
  14. Vulgar Latin*levāmen
  15. Old Frenchlevain
  16. Middle Englishlevayn
  17. Englishleaven
  18. Englishleavened
  19. English todayunleavened

From un- + leavened (adjective).

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