Where does “frustratingly” come from?
Frustratingly derives from English frustrate, from Latin frustratus, from Latin frustro meaning "to deceive," from Latin frustra meaning "in vain," from Latin fraus meaning "deceit," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and dʰer-.
frustratingly (English): In a frustrating manner; in a manner that causes...
Definitions
- In a frustrating manner; in a manner that causes...
Ancestry of “frustratingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | frustrating | Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |