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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5:Different Negative Prefixes

In english we have a lot of ways to say something is "not" something.

If something is not safe it's "unsafe."

If something is not active it's "inactive."

If something is not tasteful it's "distasteful."

If something is not typical it's "atypical."

What is the origin of having all of these prefixes and is there any reason as to why we paid which ones with which words?
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**un-** From the Latin in-, usually implies a reversal (unfold) or an opposite (unfriendly).

**in-** From the Latin in- as well, with a more general meaning of not.  Many words came form Latin with the in- prefix, rather than adding it later, giving the words time to acquire different meanings.

**dis-** From the Latin dis-, similar to -un, but stronger, often implying more permanence, as is disbar, disown, disability.

**a-** Used in this sense it is of Greek origin, and refers to absence rather than negation.  Compare amoral to immoral (variation of in-)