Where does “” come from?

游 (Chinese) comes from English unspecified, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunspecifiedNot specified; not thoroughly explained or...
2EnglishUn-not
3Middle Englishun-
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne
游 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer