Etymology

upbind

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Today it means: To bind up. Full definition →

English bind ← Middle English bynden ← Old English bindan
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The story

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bindan
  5. Old Englishbindan
  6. Middle Englishbynden
  7. Englishbind
  8. English todayupbind

From up- + bind.

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