Etymology

unmount

U1N1M3O1U1N1T1

Today it means: To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible. Full definition →

English mount ← Middle English mounten ← Old French monter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*móntis
  11. Proto-Italic*monts
  12. Latinmōns
  13. Vulgar Latin*montāre
  14. Old Frenchmonter
  15. Middle Englishmounten
  16. Englishmount
  17. English todayunmount

From un- + mount.

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