Etymology

undone

un·done
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Today it means: Not done. Full definition →

English done ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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undone · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdone
  9. English todayundone

From un- + done.

undone · adjective, verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*andadōnaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromondōn
  3. Middle English · inherited fromundon
  4. English todayundone

From Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōnaz, past participle of *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishundon all →

undo

Old Englishondōn all →

undo

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.