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Where does “unanswered” come from?

Unanswered derives from Middle English unansuered, a formation combining the prefix un- with answered.

unanswered (English): That has not been answered or addressed

Definitions

  1. That has not been answered or addressed

Ancestry of “unanswered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunansuered—
Every word from Middle English unansuered →