Where does “adorkable” come from?
adorkable (English) comes from English adorable, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis, from Latin adōrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
adorkable (English): Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner
Definitions
- Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner
Ancestry of “adorkable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adorable | Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable |
| 2 | French | adorable | adorable |
| 3 | Latin | adorabilis | worthy of adoration |
| 4 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |