Where does “uninterruptedly” come from?
Uninterruptedly comes from English uninterrupted, Latin unus meaning "one," and Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-, ultimately from the root ne.
uninterruptedly (English): Without interruption
Ancestry of “uninterruptedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | uninterrupted | continuing with no interruption |
| 2 | English | Un- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |