Etymology

unwhole

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Today it means: Not whole. Full definition →

Middle English unhole ← Old English unhāl ← Proto-Germanic *unhailaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unhailaz“not whole; unhealthy”
  2. Old English · inherited fromunhāl“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunhole
  4. English todayunwhole

From Middle English unhole, unhol, unhal, from Old English unhāl (“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”), from Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole; unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + whole. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).

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