Where does “unchristened” come from?

unchristened (English) comes from English unchristen, from English Christen, from Middle English cristenen, from Old English crīstnian, from Old English -nian, from Proto-West Germanic -inōn, from Proto-Germanic -inōną — Creates denominatives from nouns referring to...

unchristened (English): Not christened; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Not christened; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “unchristened”, step by step

unchristened traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English unchristen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunchristenTo render unchristian
2EnglishChristenObsolete form of Christian
3Middle EnglishcristenenTo baptize, christen; To make Christian; win over...
4Old Englishcrīstnianto Christianize
5Old English-niansuffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form...
6Proto-West Germanic-inōn
7Proto-Germanic-inōnąCreates denominatives from nouns referring to...

via English christened

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchristenedsimple past tense and past participle of christen
Every word from Proto-Germanic -inōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -inōnEvery word from Old English -nian