Etymology

unprotected

U1N1P3R1O1T1E1C3T1E1D2

Today it means: Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed. Full definition →

English protected ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

unprotected · 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. Englishprotected
  9. English todayunprotected

From un- + protected.

unprotected · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.