unremitting

The story

1. Latin · derived fromremittere“to send, send back”
2. Middle English · derived fromremitten
3. English todayunremitting

From un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.

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