Where does “unsolicited” come from?
Unsolicited derives from English un- plus solicited, which comes from Latin sollicitāre meaning "to disturb or agitate," itself from Latin sollicitus meaning "anxious or concerned."
unsolicited (English): Not requested, welcome or invited
Definitions
- Not requested, welcome or invited
Ancestry of “unsolicited”, 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 “unsolicited”