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Where does “uncompensated” come from?

Uncompensated derives from English compensated, which comes from Latin compensāre, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be" or "exist."

uncompensated (English): Not compensated; having no compensation; Not paid...

Definitions

  1. Not compensated; having no compensation; Not paid...

Ancestry of “uncompensated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
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
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