Where does “unauthorised” come from?

Unauthorised comes from English authorized, which derives from Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unauthorised (English): Not authorised; having no authority

Definitions

  1. Not authorised; having no authority

Ancestry of “unauthorised”, 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 “unauthorised”

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