Where does “unresponsive” come from?

Unresponsive derives from English responsive, which comes from Latin responsus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "existing."

unresponsive (English): Not responsive; unreactive; Indifferent or...

Definitions

  1. Not responsive; unreactive; Indifferent or...

Ancestry of “unresponsive”, 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 “unresponsive”

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