Where does “unsurreptitious” come from?

unsurreptitious (English) comes from English surreptitious, from Latin surrēptīcius, from Latin surreptus, from Latin surripio, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

unsurreptitious (English): Not surreptitious

Definitions

  1. Not surreptitious

Ancestry of “unsurreptitious”, step by step

unsurreptitious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English surreptitious

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurreptitiousStealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert
2Latinsurrēptīciusstolen, clandestine
3Latinsurreptussnatched away; pilfered
4LatinsurripioI snatch away; I steal or pilfer
5Latinsub-under, sub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →