Where does “untried” come from?

Untried derives from English un- plus tried, with un- ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ne, a negative particle, and tried deriving from Latin through the same chain as try.

untried (English): Not yet tried or tested; unknown; Not put on...

Definitions

  1. Not yet tried or tested; unknown; Not put on...

Ancestry of “untried”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
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

Words derived from “untried”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →