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
Ancestry of “unanticipated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unanticipated”