Where does “unaccompanied” come from?

Unaccompanied derives from English un- (a negative prefix from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not") combined with accompanied, ultimately tracing through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos and h₂ent-.

unaccompanied (English): travelling without companions; performed or...

Definitions

  1. travelling without companions; performed or...

Ancestry of “unaccompanied”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →