Etymology

unseen

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Today it means: Not seen or discovered; invisible. Full definition →

Middle English unsen ← Old English unġesewen ← Proto-Germanic *unsewanaz
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unseen · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unsewanaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromunġesewen
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunsen
  4. English todayunseen

From Middle English unsen, unseyn, unseien, from Old English unġesewen, from Proto-Germanic *unsewanaz, equivalent to un- + seen. Cognate with Dutch ongezien (“unseen”), German Low German unsehn (“unseen”), German ungesehen (“unseen”).

unseen · verb, noun2

  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. Arabicسِين (sīn)
  9. Englishseen
  10. English todayunseen

From un- + seen.

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