Where does “inconsiderably” come from?
inconsiderably (English) comes from English inconsiderable, from English considerable, from English consider, from Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin cōnsīderō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
inconsiderably (English): To an inconsiderable degree
Definitions
- To an inconsiderable degree
Ancestry of “inconsiderably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inconsiderable | Too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of... |
| 2 | English | considerable | Significant; worth considering; Large in amount;... |
| 3 | English | consider | To think about seriously; To think about... |
| 4 | Middle English | consideren | To consider |
| 5 | Middle French | considerer | Alternative form of consyderer |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsīderō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |