Where does “uninhibited” come from?

Uninhibited derives from English inhibit with the prefix un-, tracing through Latin inhibēre and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be" or "exist."

uninhibited (English): Not inhibited; having no inhibitions

Definitions

  1. Not inhibited; having no inhibitions

Ancestry of “uninhibited”, 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 “uninhibited”

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