Where does “onwaarschijnlijk” come from?
onwaarschijnlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch waarschijnlijk, from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
onwaarschijnlijk (Dutch): unbelievable, improbable, implausible, unlikely
Definitions
- unbelievable, improbable, implausible, unlikely
Ancestry of “onwaarschijnlijk”, step by step
onwaarschijnlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch waarschijnlijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waarschijnlijk | probably; probable, likely |
| 2 | French | vraisemblable | plausible, likely |
| 3 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 4 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 5 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 6 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | on | rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-) |