Where does “unbeautifully” come from?
unbeautifully (English) comes from English unbeautiful, from English beautiful, from English beauty, from Middle English beaute, from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
unbeautifully (English): In a manner that is unbeautiful
Definitions
- In a manner that is unbeautiful
Ancestry of “unbeautifully”, step by step
unbeautifully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbeautiful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbeautiful | Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant |
| 2 | English | beautiful | Attractive and possessing beauty; Pleasant;... |
| 3 | English | beauty | The quality of being attractive, pleasing, fine... |
| 4 | Middle English | beaute | The quality of being physically appealing;... |
| 5 | Old French | biauté | beauty |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 7 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 8 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 9 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |