Where does “unadulterated” come from?

Unadulterated derives from English adult, which comes from Latin adultus, itself from Latin adolescere meaning to grow up, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European roots expressing unity and being.

unadulterated (English): pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything;...

Definitions

  1. pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything;...

Ancestry of “unadulterated”, 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

Words derived from “unadulterated”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →