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Where does “unrealised” come from?

Unrealised is a negation of realised, which derives from Latin unus (one) through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately from the root h₂ent- meaning being or existing.

unrealised (English): Alternative spelling of unrealized

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of unrealized

Ancestry of “unrealised”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
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
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