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Where does “unboisterous” come from?

unboisterous (English) comes from English boisterous, from Middle English boistres, from Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous, from Old French boitous — noisy.

unboisterous (English): Not boisterous

Definitions

  1. Not boisterous

Ancestry of “unboisterous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboisterousFull of energy; exuberant; noisy; Characterized...
2Middle Englishboistres—
3Middle Englishboistous—
4Anglo-Normanbustousrough
5Old Frenchboitousnoisy
Every word from Old French boitous →