Where does “unpaved” come from?
Unpaved comes from English un- plus paved, ultimately tracing through Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.
unpaved (English): Not having a hard, impervious surface; not paved
Definitions
- Not having a hard, impervious surface; not paved
Ancestry of “unpaved”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |