Where does “unappetizingly” come from?
unappetizingly (English) comes from English unappetizing, from English appetizing, from French appétissant, from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō — in.
unappetizingly (English): In an unappetizing or unappealing manner
Definitions
- In an unappetizing or unappealing manner
Ancestry of “unappetizingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unappetizing | Not appetizing |
| 2 | English | appetizing | That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite;... |
| 3 | French | appétissant | appetizing |
| 4 | French | appétit | appetite |
| 5 | Middle French | appetit | appetite; appetite; want; desire; longing |
| 6 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 7 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 8 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 9 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |