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

  1. Not polluted; uncontaminated; simple past tense...

Ancestry of “unpolluted”, 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 “unpolluted”

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