Where does “undesirable” come from?

Undesirable comes from English desire with the prefix un-, ultimately from Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, and the root h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

undesirable (English): objectionable or not likely to please; an...

Definitions

  1. objectionable or not likely to please; an...

Ancestry of “undesirable”, 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 “undesirable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →