Where does “unpalatable” come from?

Unpalatable derives from English palatable, which comes from English palate, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano- to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-.

unpalatable (English): unpleasant to the taste; unpleasant or...

Definitions

  1. unpleasant to the taste; unpleasant or...

Ancestry of “unpalatable”, 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 “unpalatable”

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