Where does “ongehuwd” come from?

ongehuwd (Dutch) comes from Dutch on — rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-).

ongehuwd (Dutch): unmarried, single, having no spouse

Definitions

  1. unmarried, single, having no spouse

Ancestry of “ongehuwd”, step by step

ongehuwd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

via Dutch gehuwd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgehuwdmarried, joined by marriage
Every word from Dutch on
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