>un- | Origin and meaning of prefix un- by Online Etymolo
un- | Origin and meaning of prefix un- by Online Etymology
un- (1) prefix of negation, Old English un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-(source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German un-, Gothic un-, Dutch on-), from PIE *n-(source of Sanskrit a-, an-"not," Greek a-, an-, Old Irish an-, Latin in-), combining form of PIE root *ne-"not." Often euphemistic (such as untruth for "lie").. The most prolific of English prefixes, freely and widely
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