Where does “unrefined” come from?

Unrefined derives from English refined, which comes from Latin unus meaning "one," traced back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately to the root h₂ent-.

unrefined (English): crude, raw or unprocessed; lacking refinement;...

Definitions

  1. crude, raw or unprocessed; lacking refinement;...

Ancestry of “unrefined”, 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 “unrefined”

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