Where does “unassert” come from?

unassert (English) comes from English assert, from Latin assertus, from Latin asserō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unassert (English): To take back a previous assertion; to recant...

Definitions

  1. To take back a previous assertion; to recant...

Ancestry of “unassert”, step by step

unassert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassertTo declare with assurance or plainly and...
2Latinassertusdeclared free, set free, liberated, having been...
3Latinasserōto sow, plant or set near something
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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