Where does “undocumented” come from?

Undocumented is a modern English formation combining the prefix un- (from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not") and documented (from Latin documentum, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, meaning "to be").

undocumented (English): Lacking instructions or reference material; Not...

Definitions

  1. Lacking instructions or reference material; Not...

Ancestry of “undocumented”, 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

Words derived from “undocumented”

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