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uncalled (adj.)
[uncalled 词源字典]
c. 1400, "not summoned," from
un-
(1) "not" + past participle of
call
(v.). Similar formation in Swedish
okallad
, Danish
ukaldet
. With
for
and sense of "unnecessary, intrusive" it is first attested 1610.
[uncalled etymology, uncalled origin, 英语词源]