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unbraid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-braid
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To disentangle the strands of a braid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English braid English unbraid From un- + braid.

Inflected Forms

unbraids (present, singular) unbraiding (participle, present) unbraided (participle, past) unbraided (past)

Questions

What does unbraid mean?
To disentangle the strands of a braid
Where does unbraid come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English braid English unbraid From un- + braid.

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