Etymology

unseaworthy

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Today it means: Unfit for a sea voyage. Full definition →

English seaworthy ← Middle English see ← Old English sǣ
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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. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
  12. Old Englishsǣ
  13. Middle Englishsee
  14. Englishsea
  15. Englishseaworthy
  16. English todayunseaworthy

From un- + seaworthy.

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