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Where does “unreconstructed” come from?

Unreconstructed derives from English reconstructed, which comes from Latin unus through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.

unreconstructed (English): Not reconstructed; Unreconciled to social or...

Definitions

  1. Not reconstructed; Unreconciled to social or...

Ancestry of “unreconstructed”, 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

Words derived from “unreconstructed”

  • unreconstructedly
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