Where does “unblemished” come from?

Unblemished comes from English un- plus blemished, with un- tracing through Latin unus to Proto-Indo-European óynos meaning one, and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning being.

unblemished (English): faultless or lacking blemishes; Free from evil or...

Definitions

  1. faultless or lacking blemishes; Free from evil or...

Ancestry of “unblemished”, 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 “unblemished”

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