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Where does “unascetic” come from?

unascetic (English) comes from English ascetic, from French ascétique, from Latin ascēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

unascetic (English): Not ascetic

Definitions

  1. Not ascetic

Ancestry of “unascetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishasceticOf or relating to ascetics; Characterized by...
2Frenchascétiqueascetic
3Latinascēticus—
4Ancient Greekἀσκητικός—
5Ancient Greekἀσκητήςmonk, hermit; practitioner, monk
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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