Where does “uninitiated” come from?

Uninitiated derives from English initiate plus the prefix un-, from Latin initiatus (past participle of initiare, "to begin"), from Latin initus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to go into" or "enter."

uninitiated (English): Not having been initiated; Of a person, not...

Definitions

  1. Not having been initiated; Of a person, not...

Ancestry of “uninitiated”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →