Etymology

unshoe

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Today it means: to remove a shoe (especially a horseshoe) from. Full definition →

Middle English unshon ← Old English onscōgan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromonscōgan“to unshoe”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromunshon
  3. English todayunshoe

From Middle English unshon, from Old English onscōgan (“to unshoe”), equivalent to un- + shoe.

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