Etymology

unreally

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Today it means: In an unreal way. Full definition →

English unreal ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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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. Late Latinreālis
  9. Old Frenchree
  10. Middle Englishreal
  11. Englishreal
  12. Englishunreal
  13. English todayunreally

From unreal + -ly.

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