Where does “unaided” come from?

Unaided derives from English aid combined with the prefix un-, which comes from Latin unus, from Proto-Indo-European óynos meaning "one," ultimately from the root h₂ent-.

unaided (English): Without the help, aid or assistance of someone or...

Definitions

  1. Without the help, aid or assistance of someone or...

Ancestry of “unaided”, 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 “unaided”

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