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Where does “undisturbed” come from?

Undisturbed derives from English disturbed, which traces through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-, ultimately from a root meaning "being" or "entity."

undisturbed (English): not disturbed or agitated; calm

Definitions

  1. not disturbed or agitated; calm

Ancestry of “undisturbed”, 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

Words derived from “undisturbed”

  • undisturbedly
  • undisturbedness
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