Where does “unindicative” come from?

unindicative (English) comes from English Indicative, from Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicativus, from Latin indico, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unindicative (English): Not indicative

Definitions

  1. Not indicative

Ancestry of “unindicative”, step by step

unindicative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Indicative

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIndicativeServing as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
2Middle Frenchindicatif
3Late Latinindicativusindicative
4LatinindicoI indicate, point out; show, declare; I reveal,...
5Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
6Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
7Old Latinenin
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én