Where does “undiscovered” come from?
undiscovered (English) comes from English undiscover, from English Discover, from Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Latin discoperīre, from Latin discooperiō, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
undiscovered (English): That has not been discovered; unknown; That has...
Definitions
- That has not been discovered; unknown; That has...
Ancestry of “undiscovered”, step by step
undiscovered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undiscover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undiscover | To forget something discovered earlier |
| 2 | English | Discover | Discover Card, a brand of credit card |
| 3 | Middle English | discoveren | — |
| 4 | Old French | descovrir | to uncover, to reveal; to discover |
| 5 | Latin | discoperīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | discooperiō | to expose, lay bare |
| 7 | Latin | cooperiō | to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English discovered
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discovered | simple past tense and past participle of discover |