Where does “Lovely” come from?
Lovely (Cebuano) comes from English Lovely, from Middle English lovely, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
Ancestry of “Lovely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lovely | Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace |
| 2 | Middle English | lovely | lovely: loving, filled with love |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |