The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishrecognised
- English todayunrecognised
From un- + recognised.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.