Where does “unanticipated” come from?

Unanticipated is a formation of the English prefix un- (from Latin unus and ultimately Proto-Indo-European óynos meaning "one") combined with anticipated, expressing negation through the sense of singularity or unity.

unanticipated (English): Not anticipated

Definitions

  1. Not anticipated

Ancestry of “unanticipated”, 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 “unanticipated

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