Where does “untold” come from?
Untold comes from Old English unteald, from Old English tellan meaning to count or relate, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Indo-European del- meaning to divide or count.
untold (English): Not told; not related; not revealed; secret; Not...
Definitions
- Not told; not related; not revealed; secret; Not...
Ancestry of “untold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | unteald | not counted or reckoned |
| 2 | Old English | tellan | to count, calculate; to tell, narrate, recount;... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |