Etymology

unroll

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Today it means: To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. Full definition →

English roll ← Middle English rollen ← Old French roeler
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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*Hreth₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
  11. Proto-Italic*rotā
  12. Latinrota
  13. Latinrotula
  14. Latinrotulāre
  15. Old Frenchroeler
  16. Middle Englishrollen
  17. Englishroll
  18. English todayunroll

From un- + roll.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.