Where does “untaught” come from?
Untaught comes from English teach with the prefix un-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning to be or exist.
untaught (English): Not taught; uneducated; Not taught; not conveyed...
Definitions
- Not taught; uneducated; Not taught; not conveyed...
Ancestry of “untaught”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | un- | not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to... |
| 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 |