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Where does “insouciantly” come from?

insouciantly (English) comes from English insouciant, from French insouciant, from French souciant, from French soucier, from Middle French soucyer, from Latin sollicitō, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus — whole.

insouciantly (English): In an insouciant manner

Definitions

  1. In an insouciant manner

Ancestry of “insouciantly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinsouciantCasually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent,...
2Frenchinsouciantcarefree, without worries
3Frenchsouciantworrying
4Frenchsoucierto worry
5Middle Frenchsoucyerto worry
6Latinsollicitō—
7LatinsollicitusThoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;...
8Latinsolluswhole, entire, unbroken
9Proto-Italicsolnos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansol(h₂)nós—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole
Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- →