Where does “unactorlike” come from?

unactorlike (English) comes from English actorlike, from English actor, from French acteur, from Middle French acteur, from Latin āctor, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.

unactorlike (English): Not actorlike

Definitions

  1. Not actorlike

Ancestry of “unactorlike”, step by step

unactorlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English actorlike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishactorlikeLike or resembling an actor
2EnglishactorA person who performs in a theatrical play or...
3Frenchacteuractor
4Middle Frenchacteur
5Latināctordoer, agent
6Latināctusmade, done, having been done
7Latinagōto act, to behave
8Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-