Where does “unbeauteous” come from?
unbeauteous (English) comes from English beauteous, from Middle English beautevous, from Middle English beaute, from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
unbeauteous (English): Not beautiful
Definitions
- Not beautiful
Ancestry of “unbeauteous”, step by step
unbeauteous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beauteous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beauteous | beautiful |
| 2 | Middle English | beautevous | Physically appealing; attractive, pretty,... |
| 3 | Middle English | beaute | The quality of being physically appealing;... |
| 4 | Old French | biauté | beauty |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 6 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 7 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 8 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |