Where does “unacknowledgment” come from?

unacknowledgment (English) comes from English acknowledgment, from English -ment, from Middle English -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

unacknowledgment (English): Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge

Definitions

  1. Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge

Ancestry of “unacknowledgment”, step by step

unacknowledgment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acknowledgment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacknowledgmentThe act of acknowledging; The act of recognizing...
2English-mentUsed to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having...
3Middle English-mentForms nouns denoting a result or action from...
4Old French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
5Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
6Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
7Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Old French -ment