Where does “undefined” come from?

Undefined comes from English, tracing back through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-, ultimately deriving from roots meaning "not" and "being."

undefined (English): Lacking a definition or value; That does not have...

Definitions

  1. Lacking a definition or value; That does not have...

Ancestry of “undefined”, 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 “undefined

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne