Where does “unparalleled” come from?

Unparalleled derives from English paralleled, which comes from Latin parallēlus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "not."

unparalleled (English): Having no parallel; without equal; lacking...

Definitions

  1. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking...

Ancestry of “unparalleled”, 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 “unparalleled”

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