Where does “undesired” come from?
Undesired comes from English desired with the prefix un-, ultimately from Latin unus (one), Proto-Indo-European óynos (one), and Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- (being).
undesired (English): Not desired; unwanted
Ancestry of “undesired”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | un- | not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to... |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |