Unbeknownst, however, is another creature entirely, even among its peers. Emerging in both British and North American print sources in the 1830’s, unbeknownst was originally a colloquialism coined on the pattern of much older words such as unawares (1530s) or always (early 13th c.), adding the etymologically intrusive final t of amongst ... More @Wikipedia
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