Where does “unattractive” come from?
Unattractive derives from English attractive, from Middle French attractif, from Latin attractus (past participle of attrahere, "to draw toward"), formed from Latin ad- "to" and trahere "to draw," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- "to seize."
unattractive (English): Not handsome or beautiful or appealing; Lacking...
Definitions
- Not handsome or beautiful or appealing; Lacking...
Ancestry of “unattractive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attractive | Causing attraction; having the quality of... |
| 2 | Middle French | attractif | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | attractivus | interesting; attractive |
| 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 |