Where does “unalertly” come from?
unalertly (English) comes from English unalert, from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
unalertly (English): In an unalert manner
Definitions
- In an unalert manner
Ancestry of “unalertly”, step by step
unalertly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unalert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unalert | Not alert |
| 2 | English | Alert | the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world |
| 3 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 5 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 6 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 7 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 8 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 9 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |