Where does “undetected” come from?

Undetected derives from English detect, from Latin dētectus, past participle of dētegers, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning to stretch or extend.

undetected (English): Not found; undiscovered

Definitions

  1. Not found; undiscovered

Ancestry of “undetected”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →