- ungulate (adj.)
[ungulate 词源字典] - "hoofed," 1802, from Late Latin ungulatus "hoofed," from ungula "hoof, claw, talon," diminutive (in form but not sense) of unguis "nail" (see ungual). Ungulata, the order of hoofed mammals, is recorded from 1839.[ungulate etymology, ungulate origin, 英语词源]
- unh-unh
- sound expressing negation or denial, attested from 1951.
- unhallowed (adj.)
- "not consecrated," Old English unhalgod, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hallow (v.).
- unhampered (adj.)
- 1690s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hamper (v.).
- unhand (v.)
- c. 1600, "to release from one's grasp," from un- (2) "opposite of" + hand (v.).
- unhappily (adv.)
- late 14c., "unfortunately, unluckily;" early 15c., "wretchedly, without happiness," from un- (i) "not" + happily, or from unhappy + -ly (2.). Similar formation in Old Norse unheppiliga.
- unhappiness (n.)
- late 15c., "misfortune," from unhappy + -ness. Meaning "mental misery" is from 1722.
- unhappy (adj.)
- c. 1300, "causing misfortune or trouble (to oneself or others)," from un- (1) "not" + happy. Meaning "unfortunate, unlucky" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "miserable, wretched" is recorded from late 14c. (originally via misfortune or mishap).
- unharmed (adj.)
- mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of harm (v.).
- unharness (v.)
- mid-15c., "divest of armor," from un- (2) "opposite of" + harness (v.). Similar formation in Dutch ontharnassen "to disarm." Meaning "to free (a horse) from harness" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Unharnessed; unharnessing.
- unhealthy (adj.)
- 1590s, "injurious to health," from un- (1) "not" + healthy (adj.). Earlier unhealthsome (1540s), unhealthful (1570s). Of persons, "sickly," it is attested from 1610s. Related: Unhealthily.
- unheard (adj.)
- c. 1300 "not detected by sense of hearing," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hear. Meaning "unknown, new" is attested from late 14c. (Old English had ungehered in this sense). Usually with of since 1590s. Similar formation in Old Norse oheyrðr, Danish uhørt, Middle Dutch ongehoort, Old High German ungehoret.
- unheeded (adj.)
- 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of heed (v.).
- unhelpful (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + helpful. Related: Unhelpfully; unhelpfulness.
- unheralded (adj.)
- 1845, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of herald (v.).
- unhindered (adj.)
- 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hinder (v.).
- unhinge (v.)
- recorded earlier in the mental sense of "to disorder" the mind, etc. (1612) than in the literal one of "to take (a door, etc.) off its hinges" (1616); from un- (2) "opposite of" + hinge (n.). Hinge as a verb meaning "to attach by a hinge" is recorded only from 1758. Related: Unhinged; unhinging.
- unhinged (adj.)
- "thrown into confusion," 1719, past participle adjective from unhinge.
- unhistorical (adj.)
- 1610s, "not in accordance with history, not being a part of recorded history," from un- (1) "not" + historical. Unhistoric in this sense is from 1801. Related: Unhistorically.
- unhitch (v.)
- 1620s, from un- (2) "opposite of" + hitch (v.). Related: Unhitched; unhitching.
