Etymology

unsilly

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Today it means: Not silly. Full definition →

Middle English unsely ← Old English unsǣliġ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromunsǣliġ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromunsely
  3. English todayunsilly

From Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ, equivalent to un- + silly. Doublet of Unseelie.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishunsely all →

unseelie

Old Englishunsǣliġ all →

unseelie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.