Where does “unmet” come from?
Unmet derives from English met combined with the prefix un-, ultimately tracing through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos and med- and ḱóm.
unmet (English): Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved
Definitions
- Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved
Ancestry of “unmet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Met | A Metropolitan Line train; A player for the New... |
| 2 | English | metropolitan | A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an... |
| 3 | Late Latin | metropolitanus | metropolitan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |