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Where does “unsolicitedly” come from?

unsolicitedly (English) comes from English unsolicited, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unsolicitedly (English): Without having been asked or commanded

Definitions

  1. Without having been asked or commanded

Ancestry of “unsolicitedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunsolicitedNot requested, welcome or invited
2EnglishUn-—
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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