Where does “unfathomed” come from?

Unfathomed derives from English fathomed with the prefix un-, ultimately from Latin unus meaning "one," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and related roots expressing unity and negation.

unfathomed (English): Of unknown depth; Not explored or understood

Definitions

  1. Of unknown depth; Not explored or understood

Ancestry of “unfathomed”, 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 “unfathomed”

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