Where does “onbevoegd” come from?

onbevoegd (Dutch) comes from Dutch bevoegd, from German befugt — authorized.

onbevoegd (Dutch): unqualified, unauthorised, not having permission

Definitions

  1. unqualified, unauthorised, not having permission

Ancestry of “onbevoegd”, step by step

onbevoegd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bevoegd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbevoegdcompetent
2Germanbefugtauthorized

via Dutch on

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