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Table of contents
1 Etymology
2 Prefix
3 Etymology
4 Prefix

Etymology

From Old English and Germanic, related to Latin, in-

Prefix

Added to adjectives, nouns and verbs, to give the following meanings:
  1. not; denoting absence
    unannounced, not being announced
  2. uneducated, not educated
  3. (of nouns) a lack of
    unrelate, not being related
  4. unrest, a lack of rest

Note

Words formed in this way often have counterparts using in- or non-.

Etymology

From Old English, -un and -in, originally from Germanic

Prefix

Added to verbs and nouns, to form verbs meaning:
  1. reversal or cancellation
    uncage, release from a cage
  2. undress, take one's clothes off
  3. undamaged
  4. unlock
  5. release from
    unreveal
  6. untangle, tangling out



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