Where does “unencode” come from?

unencode (English) comes from English encode, from English En-, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unencode (English): To decode

Definitions

  1. To decode

Ancestry of “unencode”, step by step

unencode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English encode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishencodeTo convert into code; To convert source...
2EnglishEn-Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
3Middle Englishen-en-, in-
4Old Frenchen-en- in; into
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en