Where does “unrestricted” come from?
Unrestricted derives from English restricted, which comes from Latin restrictus, traced through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano- to the root h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unrestricted (English): not restricted or confined; having no security...
Definitions
- not restricted or confined; having no security...
Ancestry of “unrestricted”, 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 “unrestricted”