Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “untaxed” come from?

Untaxed derives from English tax with the negation prefix un-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not."

untaxed (English): Not subject to being taxed; Not having had the...

Definitions

  1. Not subject to being taxed; Not having had the...

Ancestry of “untaxed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
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 →