Where does “unaffecting” come from?
unaffecting (English) comes from English unaffect, from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
unaffecting (English): Not affecting; present participle of unaffect
Definitions
- Not affecting; present participle of unaffect
Ancestry of “unaffecting”, step by step
unaffecting traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English unaffect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unaffect | To not affect |
| 2 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 3 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 4 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 5 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English affecting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affecting | Producing or causing strong feelings and... |