Where does “unadulterately” come from?
unadulterately (English) comes from English unadulterate, from English adulterate, from Latin adulteratus, from Latin adulterō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unadulterately (English): In an unadulterate manner
Definitions
- In an unadulterate manner
Ancestry of “unadulterately”, step by step
unadulterately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unadulterate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unadulterate | Not adulterated; pure |
| 2 | English | adulterate | Tending to commit adultery; Corrupted; impure;... |
| 3 | Latin | adulteratus | adulterated |
| 4 | Latin | adulterō | to commit adultery (with) |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |