Where does “unadulterate” come from?
unadulterate (English) comes from English adulterate, from Latin adulteratus, from Latin adulterō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
unadulterate (English): Not adulterated; pure
Definitions
- Not adulterated; pure
Ancestry of “unadulterate”, step by step
unadulterate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adulterate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adulterate | Tending to commit adultery; Corrupted; impure;... |
| 2 | Latin | adulteratus | adulterated |
| 3 | Latin | adulterō | to commit adultery (with) |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |