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Where does “unavuncular” come from?

unavuncular (English) comes from English avuncular, from Medieval Latin avunculāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

unavuncular (English): Not avuncular; not befitting or characteristic of...

Definitions

  1. Not avuncular; not befitting or characteristic of...

Ancestry of “unavuncular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavuncularIn the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an...
2Medieval Latinavunculāris—
3Latin-āris—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
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