Where does “unobstructed” come from?

Unobstructed derives from English obstructed, Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, and Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, tracing a sense of negation and being through successive language layers.

unobstructed (English): Not obstructed

Definitions

  1. Not obstructed

Ancestry of “unobstructed”, 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

Words derived from “unobstructed”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →