Unaltered

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Remaining in the same condition or state as originally created, without any changes or modifications having been made
2. Staying in the original form or state, without any modifications or alterations occurring to it
3. Retaining the initial condition or aspect, with no changes or adjustments applied throughout

Etymology: "Unaltered" is a plain compound: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to "altered," the past participle of "alter." "Alter" itself came into English from Old French "alterer," which descends from Latin "alterare," meaning "to make other," and "alter" is ultimately built on the Latin "alter," "the other of two." So the word's literal sense is "not made other," which is a neat way of describing something that has stayed the same, with no change made to it. The "un-" prefix is one of the oldest elements in English. It goes back to Proto-Germanic and Old English, and it has been used to negate adjectives and participles for well over a thousand years, so "unaltered" follows a very ordinary pattern in the language.

Synonyms: unchanged, constant, unmodified, steady, fixed

Antonyms: altered, modified, changed, varied, transformed