Where does “unfounded” come from?

Unfounded derives from English un- plus founded, where founded comes from Latin fundāre meaning to establish, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning to be or exist.

unfounded (English): Having no strong foundation; not based on solid...

Definitions

  1. Having no strong foundation; not based on solid...

Ancestry of “unfounded”, 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 “unfounded”

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