Where does “unsupervised” come from?
Unsupervised derives from English supervise, prefixed with un-, tracing through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-, ultimately connected to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unsupervised (English): Not supervised; not being constantly observed
Definitions
- Not supervised; not being constantly observed
Ancestry of “unsupervised”, 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 “unsupervised”