Where does “unattractively” come from?
unattractively (English) comes from English unattractive, from English attractive, from Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractivus, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unattractively (English): In an unattractive manner
Definitions
- In an unattractive manner
Ancestry of “unattractively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unattractive | Not handsome or beautiful or appealing; Lacking... |
| 2 | English | attractive | Causing attraction; having the quality of... |
| 3 | Middle French | attractif | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | attractivus | interesting; attractive |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |