Where does “adorkably” come from?
adorkably (English) comes from English adorkable, from English adorable, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis, from Latin adōrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adorkably (English): In an adorkable manner
Definitions
- In an adorkable manner
Ancestry of “adorkably”, step by step
adorkably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adorkable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adorkable | Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner |
| 2 | English | adorable | Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable |
| 3 | French | adorable | adorable |
| 4 | Latin | adorabilis | worthy of adoration |
| 5 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |