Where does “unassertively” come from?
unassertively (English) comes from English unassertive, from English assertive, from English assert, from Latin assertus, from Latin asserō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
unassertively (English): In an unassertive way
Ancestry of “unassertively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unassertive | Not assertive |
| 2 | English | assertive | Boldly self-assured; confident without being... |
| 3 | English | assert | To declare with assurance or plainly and... |
| 4 | Latin | assertus | declared free, set free, liberated, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | asserō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |