Where does “unauthorized” come from?

Unauthorized comes from English un- plus authorized, which derives from Latin auctōritās, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be" or "exist."

unauthorized (English): not having any authority; without official...

Definitions

  1. not having any authority; without official...

Ancestry of “unauthorized”, 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 “unauthorized”

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