Where does “inelegancy” come from?
inelegancy (English) comes from English elegancy, from English elegance, from Middle French élégance, from Latin elegantia, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
inelegancy (English): Alternative form of inelegance
Definitions
- Alternative form of inelegance
Ancestry of “inelegancy”, step by step
inelegancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elegancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elegancy | Alternative form of elegance; A mock title |
| 2 | English | elegance | Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement,... |
| 3 | Middle French | élégance | — |
| 4 | Latin | elegantia | elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace;... |
| 5 | Latin | ēlegāns | fine, elegant, handsome |
| 6 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 7 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |