Etymology

unwatch

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Today it means: To undo the watching of something; to unsee. Full definition →

English watch ← Middle English wacchen ← Old English wæċċan
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The story

  1. Englishun-
  2. Old Englishwæċċan
  3. Middle Englishwacchen
  4. Englishwatch
  5. English todayunwatch

From un- + watch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.