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Where does “unadequate” come from?

unadequate (English) comes from English adequate, from Latin adaequatus, from Latin adaequāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unadequate (English): Alternative form of inadequate

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of inadequate

Ancestry of “unadequate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadequateEqual to or fulfilling some requirement; To...
2Latinadaequatusequal; adequate
3Latinadaequāre—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →