Where does “unwoken” come from?
unwoken (English) comes from English woken, from English woke, from English woken up, from English wake up, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford — passed , crossed.
unwoken (English): Not having been woken
Definitions
- Not having been woken
Ancestry of “unwoken”, step by step
unwoken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English woken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woken | past participle of wake |
| 2 | English | woke | Awake: conscious and not asleep; Alert, aware of... |
| 3 | English | woken up | past participle of wake up |
| 4 | English | wake up | To awake; To awaken somebody; To become more... |
| 5 | English | wake | To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;... |
| 6 | Middle English | wake | Alternative form of woke |
| 7 | Old English | wacu | wake, watch |
| 8 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |