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
- In an insouciant manner
Ancestry of “insouciantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insouciant | Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent,... |
| 2 | French | insouciant | carefree, without worries |
| 3 | French | souciant | worrying |
| 4 | French | soucier | to worry |
| 5 | Middle French | soucyer | to worry |
| 6 | Latin | sollicitō | to disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious |
| 7 | Latin | sollicitus | Thoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;... |
| 8 | Latin | sollus | whole, entire, unbroken |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | solnos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sol(h₂)nós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |