Where does “unbeautiful” come from?
unbeautiful (English) comes from English beautiful, from English beauty, 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.
unbeautiful (English): Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant
Definitions
- Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant
Ancestry of “unbeautiful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beautiful | Attractive and possessing beauty; Pleasant;... |
| 2 | English | beauty | The quality of being attractive, pleasing, fine... |
| 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 |