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
- Lacking instructions or reference material; Not...
Ancestry of “undocumented”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “undocumented”