Etymology

unstimulated

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Today it means: Not stimulated. Full definition →

English stimulated ← Latin stimulatus ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-?
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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*(s)tey-?
  9. Latinstimulus
  10. Latinstimulo
  11. Latinstimulatus
  12. Englishstimulate
  13. Englishstimulated
  14. English todayunstimulated

From un- + stimulated.

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