Etymology

unvessel

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Today it means: To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. Full definition →

English vessel ← Middle English vessel ← Old French vaisse
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The story

  1. Englishun-
  2. Proto-Italic*wāss
  3. Latinvās
  4. Latinvāsculum
  5. Late Latinvāscellum
  6. Old Frenchvaisse
  7. Middle Englishvessel
  8. Englishvessel
  9. English todayunvessel

From un- + vessel.

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