Where does “displeasingly” come from?

displeasingly (English) comes from English displeasing, from Old French desplaisant, from Old French desplaire, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.

displeasingly (English): In a displeasing manner

Definitions

  1. In a displeasing manner

Ancestry of “displeasingly”, step by step

displeasingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English displeasing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdispleasingUnattractive, dislikable, objectionable; present...
2Old Frenchdesplaisantunpleasant; disagreeable
3Old Frenchdesplaireto irritate; to anger; to strongly displease
4Old Frenchdes
5Old Frenchdeof; from
6Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
7Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
8Latindāre
9Proto-Italicdidōgive
10Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
11Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-
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