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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1611, T. Coryate, Odcombian Banquet}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * UK: /ˌʌnrɪˈleɪtɪd/, /ˌʌnrəˈleɪtɪd/^(Wiktionary)

+ * US: /ˌʌnrɪˈleɪt̬ɪd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed in English from [[un-]] and [[related]],^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) the past participle of the verb [[relate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Not told or narrated: 1611, in Thomas Coryate's ''Odcombian Banquet''; this sense is now rare.^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) Etymonline dates ''unrelated'' to the 1660s, as "not akin".^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word followed the senses of ''related'': having no connection with something (1651) and not connected by blood or marriage (1657).^(OED 2026) Etymonline dates the meaning "not told" to 1764.^(Etymonline) In biology it has been used since 1861 of species or lineages that share no recent common ancestor.^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – not told or narrated.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1651 – having no connection.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1657 – not connected by blood or marriage.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1861 – (biology) not sharing a recent common ancestor.^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having no [[connection]] with something else: ''The two fires had unrelated causes.''^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Not belonging to the same [[family]]; not connected by birth or [[marriage]].^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+ # (rare) Not told or narrated.^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[related]]

+ * [[relate]]

+ * [[relation]]

+ * [[relative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}