Etymology

unpin

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Today it means: To unfasten by removing a pin. Full definition →

English pin ← Middle English pinne ← Old English pinn
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The story

  1. Englishun-
  2. Proto-Germanic*pinnaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*pinn
  4. Old Englishpinn
  5. Middle Englishpinne
  6. Englishpin
  7. English todayunpin

From un- + pin.

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