Where does “dubitatively” come from?
dubitatively (English) comes from English dubitative, from Latin dubitativus, from Latin dubitō, from Latin dubō, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.
dubitatively (English): doubtfully
Definitions
- doubtfully
Ancestry of “dubitatively”, step by step
dubitatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dubitative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dubitative | Tending to doubt; doubtful |
| 2 | Latin | dubitativus | dubitative |
| 3 | Latin | dubitō | to waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt |
| 4 | Latin | dubō | — |
| 5 | Latin | *dubos | — |
| 6 | Indo-European | *bʰuH- | — |