Where does “incautiously” come from?
Incautiously comes from English incautious, formed with Old English -līċ (suffix meaning "like" or "in the manner of") added to English cautious, which derives from Latin cautious combined with the Latin prefix in-, ultimately tracing through Proto-Indo-European ne and oyd-.
incautiously (English): In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution
Definitions
- In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution
Ancestry of “incautiously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incautious | careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution |
| 2 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 3 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 4 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |