Where does “onbetwist” come from?

onbetwist (Dutch) comes from Dutch betwist, from Dutch betwisten, from Middle Dutch betwisten.

onbetwist (Dutch): undisputed; undisputedly

Definitions

  1. undisputed; undisputedly

Ancestry of “onbetwist”, step by step

onbetwist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch betwist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbetwistdisputed
2Dutchbetwistento challenge, to dispute
3Middle Dutchbetwisten—

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Middle Dutch betwisten →Every word from Dutch betwisten →Every word from Dutch betwist →