Etymology

untie

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Today it means: To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. Full definition →

Middle English untien ← Old English untīġan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromuntīġan“to untie”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromuntien
  3. English todayuntie

From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.

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