Etymology

unstabilised

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Today it means: Non-Oxford British English spelling of unstabilized. Full definition →

English stabilised ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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  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. Englishstabilised
  9. English todayunstabilised

From un- + stabilised.

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