Etymology

unmeet

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Today it means: Not meet or proper. Full definition →

Middle English unmete ← Old English unġemǣte
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unmeet · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited fromunġemǣte
  2. Middle English · inherited fromunmete
  3. English todayunmeet

From Middle English unmete, vnmete, unimete, from Old English unġemǣte, unmǣte (“immense, enormous; unsuitable”), equivalent to un- + meet (“fit, right”).

unmeet · verb2

From un- + meet.

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