📝 Not original 🕵️ To remove origin

to unoriginate

9.9

To make a story seem to have no clear start

verb
/ˌʌnəˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/

: despojar de su origen

The historian tried to unoriginate the legend by questioning its earliest sources.

Examples

Some myths unoriginate over time as their origins are forgotten or disproven.
The artist's new work seemed to unoriginate from any known style.
As new facts emerged, the story seemed to unoriginate and lose its foundation.
Many believe that the film unoriginated from classic literature.
The historian tried to unoriginate the legend by questioning its earliest sources.
As new facts emerged, the story seemed to unoriginate and lose its foundation.
Some myths unoriginate over time as their origins are forgotten or disproven.

Surface Forms

unoriginate infinitive

unoriginated past

unoriginated past participle

unoriginating present participle

unoriginates third person singular

Morphology

unoriginate = originate (semi-transparent) = un + originate

The prefix 'un-' on a verb gives a negation or reversal that is interpretable, but the causative nuance in the provided definition is not directly predictable.

Etymology

Unoriginate as a verb mixes un- 'not' with originate 'to begin', so you can think of it as taking away a thing's start. So to unoriginate a story or idea is to make it lose its original source or to seem as if it had no clear beginning.