Where does “unrecognized” come from?

Unrecognized derives from English recognized, which comes from Latin recognoscere, itself built on Latin unus (one) and Proto-Indo-European óynos (one), ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- (being).

unrecognized (English): Not recognized

Definitions

  1. Not recognized

Ancestry of “unrecognized”, 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
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