Where does “unselected” come from?
Unselected derives from English selected, which comes from Latin selectus, the past participle of legere meaning to gather or choose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.
unselected (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
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Ancestry of “unselected”, step by step
unselected traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unselect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unselect | To cancel a previous selection, especially by... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English selected
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | selected | That have been selected or chosen; simple past... |