Where does “insidiously” come from?
Insidiously comes from Middle French insidieux, from Latin insidiosus, formed from Latin -osus combined with elements from Proto-Germanic galīkaz and Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
insidiously (English): in an insidious manner
Definitions
- in an insidious manner
Ancestry of “insidiously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insidious | Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual,... |
| 2 | Middle French | insidieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | īnsidiōsus | cunning, deceitful, insidious |
| 4 | Latin | īnsidiae | ambush |
| 5 | Latin | īnsideō | to sit down, in or upon; to be seated or rest in or upon |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |