'uncorrected' originates from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the word 'correct', which comes from Latin 'correctus', the past participle of 'corrigere', meaning 'to make straight, set right'.

'correctus' transformed into the Old French word 'correct', and eventually became the modern English word 'correct'. The prefix 'un-' was added to form 'uncorrected'.

Initially, 'correct' meant 'to make straight or right', and 'uncorrected' has retained the meaning of 'not made right'.