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Where does “undisclosed” come from?

Undisclosed derives from English disclose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be" or "existing," through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-.

undisclosed (English): Not disclosed; kept secret

Definitions

  1. Not disclosed; kept secret

Ancestry of “undisclosed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
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
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