Where does “unvoiced” come from?

Unvoiced comes from English voiced, which derives from Latin unus meaning "one," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately to the root h₂ent-.

unvoiced (English): Not spoken or expressed; Spoken without vibration...

Definitions

  1. Not spoken or expressed; Spoken without vibration...

Ancestry of “unvoiced”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →