## Etymology
From un- ('not') + lasting, present participle of last (verb), from Old English lǣstan ('to continue, endure, follow'), related to lāst ('footstep, track').

## AI Etymology
Unlasting is from un- ('not') + lasting, present participle of last (verb), from Old English lǣstan ('to continue, endure, follow'), related to lāst ('footstep, track'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), lǣstan (Old English), and *laistijaną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers not enduring; transitory. The wider family includes related words such as last, lasting, and everlasting.

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