Where does “unchecked” come from?

Unchecked derives from English check, from Latin unus, from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unchecked (English): Unrestrained, not held back; Not examined for...

Definitions

  1. Unrestrained, not held back; Not examined for...

Ancestry of “unchecked”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →