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un-English (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic *un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Scots un-, on- (“un-”), North Frisian ün-, Saterland Frisian uun-, West Frisian ûn-, on-, Dutch on-, Low German un-, on-, German un-, Danish u-, Swedish o-, Norwegian u-, Icelandic ó-. More distant cognate with Latin in-, Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (whence English a-, modern Greek α- (a-)) and Sanskrit अ- (a-). Doublet of in- and a-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗un-English (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, ond-, and- (“against, facing, toward; in return, back, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *anda-, from Proto-Germanic *anda-, *andi- (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“across, forth, forward, ahead”), from *h₂énts (“end, limit, forehead”). In some cases the meaning is influenced by un- (“not”, etymology 1).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗un-English (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnusbor. English un- Borrowed from Latin ūnus.
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- Un-Middle English · word_un_prefix_1
Un-, prefix (1), has a negative force and is used before substantives, adjectives, and past participles; on-, B.—Goth. un-; cp. Gr. ἀν-. Source markup note (Greek transliteration; text “ἀν-”): an-
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Un-, prefix (2), expresses the reversal of an action, and is used before verbs; on-, S3.—Goth. and-; cp. Gr. ἀντι-. Source markup note (Greek transliteration; text “ἀντι-”): anti-
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Un-, prefix (3), until.—OS. und-. Cf. Oth.
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