Where does “unrelieved” come from?
Unrelieved derives from English relieved, which traces through Latin unus to Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unrelieved (English): Utter; complete; without relief
Definitions
- Utter; complete; without relief
Ancestry of “unrelieved”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unrelieved”