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

  1. Not requested, welcome or invited

Ancestry of “unsolicited”, 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 “unsolicited”

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