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

Definitions

  1. Not desired; unwanted

Ancestry of “undesired”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishun-not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to...
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 “undesired”

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