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Where does “untranslated” come from?

Untranslated derives from English translated, which comes from Latin unus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European óynos and h₂ent-.

untranslated (English): Not translated; still in the original language;...

Definitions

  1. Not translated; still in the original language;...

Ancestry of “untranslated”, 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
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