English

indesert

From in- + desert.

Formed from in- + desert

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin dēserō ‘to abandon’

Latin dēsertum ‘abandoned (place)’

Old French desert

Middle English desert ‘wilderness’

Today it means

noun Ill desert; failure to deserve something.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / indesert