Unsplit

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Remaining as a single whole without being separated or divided into distinct portions
2. Not broken up or separated into multiple pieces or components
3. Existing as one continuous or unified entity that has not been partitioned or split

Etymology: "Unsplit" is a straightforward formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to "split". The prefix comes from Old English "un-", which was used productively to reverse or negate the sense of a base word, so "unsplit" simply means "not split," describing something that remains whole or undivided. "Split" itself is a much older and more tangled story. It entered English from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German "splitten," meaning to split or burst, which is related to a family of Germanic words for splitting and cleaving. Over centuries the word has been used for everything from wood and stone to political parties and bank accounts, and "unsplit" follows that same flexibility, applied wherever something has been kept intact.

Synonyms: whole, intact, unified, undivided

Antonyms: split, divided, separated, fractured