Etymology

unwitty

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Today it means: Without wit; foolish; silly. Full definition →

Middle English unwitti ← Old English unwittiġ
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unwitty · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited fromunwittiġ“unconscious, ignorant, stupid”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromunwitti“foolish”
  3. English todayunwitty

From Middle English unwitti (“foolish”), from Old English unwittiġ (“unconscious, ignorant, stupid”), equivalent to un- + witty. Cognate with German unwitzig (“unwitty”), Icelandic úvitugr (“ignorant”).

unwitty · adjective2

  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. Englishwitty
  9. English todayunwitty

From un- + witty.

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