uncoiled

English

Etymology 1

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 coiled

English uncoiled

From un- + coiled.

Adjective

uncoiled (not comparable)

1. Not coiled
   • 1946, Joseph Augustine Cushman, The larger fossil Foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone:

     Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled […]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uncoiled

1. simple past and past participle of uncoil

Anagrams

• leuconid, nucleoid, undocile