Where does “unincorporated” come from?

Unincorporated comes from English incorporated, derived from Latin unus meaning "one," which traces to Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent-.

unincorporated (English): Not organized as a corporation; Not contained in...

Definitions

  1. Not organized as a corporation; Not contained in...

Ancestry of “unincorporated”, 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 “unincorporated”

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