Where does “unhealed” come from?
Unhealed derives from English heal with the prefix un-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity," tracing through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos.
unhealed (English): Not healed; simple past tense and past participle...
Definitions
- Not healed; simple past tense and past participle...
Ancestry of “unhealed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |