Unspoken
/ʌnˈspoʊkən/noun
Not expressed in words; understood or implied without being said.
Did you know?*Unspoken* is built from the Old English prefix *un-* (“not”) plus the past participle of *speak*, a word family that traces back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning “to say” or “to talk.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sprekaną / *spēkaną
“to speak, talk”
Old English
OE
unsprecen
“not spoken; unsaid”
Middle English
ME
unspoken
“not spoken; not uttered”
Modern English
English
unspoken
“not expressed in words; implied”