Where does “unfulfilled” come from?

Unfulfilled derives from English fulfill plus the prefix un-, ultimately tracing through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos and h₂ent- meaning "not" and "being."

unfulfilled (English): Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of...

Definitions

  1. Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of...

Ancestry of “unfulfilled”, 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 “unfulfilled”

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