Where does “unfiltered” come from?
Unfiltered comes from English filtered, from Latin unus, from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.
unfiltered (English): Without a filter; Having not been filtered;...
Definitions
- Without a filter; Having not been filtered;...
Ancestry of “unfiltered”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filtered | With a filter; Having been filtered; simple past... |
| 2 | English | filter | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved,... |
| 3 | German | filter | inflection of filtern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 6 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 7 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |