Where does “unmodern” come from?

unmodern (English) comes from English modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

unmodern (English): Not modern

Definitions

  1. Not modern

Ancestry of “unmodern”, step by step

unmodern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodernPertaining to a current or recent time and style;...
2Middle Frenchmodernemodern; current; contemporary
3Latinmodernusmodern
4Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Latin -rnus →Every word from Latin modernus →Every word from Middle French moderne →