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Where does “unforgotten” come from?

Unforgotten derives from English forget, which has no clear etymological path through the provided chain to Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, and ne.

unforgotten (English): Not forgotten; still remembered; past participle...

Definitions

  1. Not forgotten; still remembered; past participle...

Ancestry of “unforgotten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforgottenOf which knowledge has been lost; which is no...
2EnglishforgetTo lose remembrance of; To unintentionally not...
3Middle Englishforgeten—
4Old Englishforġietanto forget
5Proto-West Germanicfragetanto lose hold of; to forget
6Proto-West Germanicfra-forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off...
7Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “unforgotten”

  • unforgot
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