Where does “onvoltooid” come from?

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

onvoltooid (Dutch): unfinished; imperfect

Definitions

  1. unfinished; imperfect

Ancestry of “onvoltooid”, step by step

onvoltooid 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 voltooid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvoltooidcompleted; perfect
Every word from Dutch on
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