Where does “unintent” come from?

unintent (English) comes from English intent, from Old French entent, from Latin intentus, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unintent (English): Not intent

Definitions

  1. Not intent

Ancestry of “unintent”, step by step

unintent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintentA purpose; something that is intended; The state...
2Old Frenchentent
3Latinintentusmindful, attentive; intent on; serious, earnest
4LatinintendoI stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,...
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

Words derived from “unintent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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