Where does “unfinished” come from?

Unfinished derives from English finished, which comes from Latin unus through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately tracing to the root h₂ent-.

unfinished (English): Not finished, not completed

Definitions

  1. Not finished, not completed

Ancestry of “unfinished”, 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 “unfinished”

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