Where does “undecaffeinated” come from?

undecaffeinated (English) comes from English decaffeinated, from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

undecaffeinated (English): Not decaffeinated

Definitions

  1. Not decaffeinated

Ancestry of “undecaffeinated”, step by step

undecaffeinated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English decaffeinated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecaffeinatedFrom which caffeine has been removed
2EnglishdeTo do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A...
3Chinese
4Mandarin德意志
5GermanDeutschGerman
6Old High Germandiutsch
7Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
8Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
9Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
10Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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