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

  1. not restricted or confined; having no security...

Ancestry of “unrestricted”, 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 “unrestricted”

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