Etymology

unusual

un·u·sual
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Today it means: Not usual, out of the ordinary. Full definition →

English usual ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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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. Englishusual
  9. English todayunusual

From un- + usual.

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