Where does “unabashedly” come from?
Unabashedly derives from English unabashed, which combines the prefix un- from Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos meaning "one," with abashed, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ano- and ne.
unabashedly (English): In an unabashed manner; without embarrassment or...
Definitions
- In an unabashed manner; without embarrassment or...
Ancestry of “unabashedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | unabashed | Not disconcerted or embarrassed; Of actions,... |
| 2 | English | Un- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |