Where does “ongekend” come from?

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

ongekend (Dutch): unprecedented, unknown; immense, enormous

Definitions

  1. unprecedented, unknown; immense, enormous

Ancestry of “ongekend”, step by step

ongekend 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 gekend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgekend
Every word from Dutch on