Etymology

unsharp

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Today it means: Out of focus; blurry. Full definition →

Middle English *unscharp ← Old English unsċearp ← Proto-West Germanic *unskarp
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unskarpaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*unskarp
  3. Old English · inherited fromunsċearp
  4. Middle English · inherited from*unscharp
  5. English todayunsharp

From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarp, from Proto-Germanic *unskarpaz, equivalent to un- + sharp. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunskäärp (“unsharp”), West Frisian ûnskerp (“unsharp”), Dutch onscherp (“unsharp”), German Low German unscharp (“unsharp”), German unscharf (“unsharp”), Danish uskarp (“unsharp”), Swedish oskarp (“unsharp”), Norwegian uskarp (“unsharp”).

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