Etymology

unmight

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Today it means: The absence or lack of might; powerlessness; weakness Full definition →

Middle English unmight ← Old English unmiht ← Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unmahtiz“inability; weakness”
  2. Old English · inherited fromunmiht
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunmight
  4. English todayunmight

From Middle English unmight, onmiȝt, from Old English unmiht, unmeht, unmeaht (“weakness; lack of power”), from Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz (“inability; weakness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + might. Cognate with Dutch onmacht, German Ohnmacht, Icelandic ómáttur (“unmight”).

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