Where does “unchallenged” come from?

Unchallenged derives from English challenge, which traces through Latin through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unchallenged (English): Not having any challengers; Lacking experience...

Definitions

  1. Not having any challengers; Lacking experience...

Ancestry of “unchallenged”, 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 “unchallenged”

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