Where does “unpolluted” come from?
Unpolluted comes from English un- plus polluted, with the prefix un- tracing through Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, meaning "being" or "entity."
unpolluted (English): Not polluted; uncontaminated; simple past tense...
Definitions
- Not polluted; uncontaminated; simple past tense...
Ancestry of “unpolluted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |