Where does “inconvenient” come from?
Inconvenient comes from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconveniens, composed of the prefix in- (not) and conveniens (agreeing or suitable).
inconvenient (English): not convenient; An inconsistency, an incongruity;...
Definitions
- not convenient; An inconsistency, an incongruity;...
Ancestry of “inconvenient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inconvenient | disadvantage; downside; negative aspect |
| 2 | Latin | inconveniens | unsuitable; dissimilar |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |