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Where does “inexpertly” come from?

inexpertly (English) comes from English inexpert, from Latin inexpertus, from Latin expertus, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

inexpertly (English): In an inexpert manner

Definitions

  1. In an inexpert manner

Ancestry of “inexpertly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinexpertInept or unskilled; not of expert ability or...
2Latininexpertusuntried; inexperienced
3Latinexpertustested; having tested; proved; having proven;...
4LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
5Latinpariō—
6Latin-iō—
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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