Where does “untested” come from?
Untested derives from English un- (not) plus tested, which comes from Latin testis (witness), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- (front, face).
untested (English): Not previously tested
Ancestry of “untested”, 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 |