Where does “inaccuracy” come from?
Inaccuracy comes from English accurate, from Latin inaccuratus, combining Latin in- (not) and accuratus (done with care), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning toward and in.
inaccuracy (English): The property of being inaccurate; lack of...
Definitions
- The property of being inaccurate; lack of...
Ancestry of “inaccuracy”, step by step
inaccuracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accuracy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accuracy | The state of being accurate; being free from... |
| 2 | English | accurate | Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact;... |
| 3 | Latin | accūrātus | taken care of, prepared with care, having been taken care of |
| 4 | Latin | accuro | I take care of, do something with care, attend or... |
| 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 |