Where does “onaangenaam” come from?

onaangenaam (Dutch) comes from Dutch aangenaam, from Middle Dutch aengenaem.

onaangenaam (Dutch): not nice, unpleasant, unfriendly

Definitions

  1. not nice, unpleasant, unfriendly

Ancestry of “onaangenaam”, step by step

onaangenaam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aangenaam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaangenaamnice, pleasant, friendly
2Middle Dutchaengenaem—

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Middle Dutch aengenaem →Every word from Dutch aangenaam →