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unvessel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-ves-sel
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elom Latin -ulum Latin -culum Latin vāsculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Late Latin vāscellum Old French vaisselbor. Middle English vessel English vessel English unvessel From un- + vessel.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unvessels (present, singular) unvesseling (US, participle) unvesselling (UK, participle) unvesseled (US, participle) unvesseled (US, past) unvesselled (UK, participle) unvesselled (UK, past)

Questions

What does unvessel mean?
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
Where does unvessel come from?
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elom Latin -ulum Latin -culum Latin vāsculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Late Latin vāscellum Old French vaisselbor. Middle English vessel English vessel English unvessel From un- + vessel.

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