Where does “unassiduous” come from?
unassiduous (English) comes from English assiduous, from Latin assiduus, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
unassiduous (English): not assiduous
Definitions
- not assiduous
Ancestry of “unassiduous”, step by step
unassiduous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assiduous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assiduous | Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious |
| 2 | Latin | assiduus | constant, regular, perpetual; unremitting,... |
| 3 | Latin | assideō | to sit by or near someone or something |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |