Where does “untapped” come from?

Untapped comes from English un- plus tapped, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity," through a chain involving Proto-Indo-European ne, ano-, óynos, and Latin unus.

untapped (English): Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources

Definitions

  1. Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources

Ancestry of “untapped”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →