Where does “unbookishly” come from?
unbookishly (English) comes from English unbookish, from English bookish, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną — to bake, to roast, to fry.
unbookishly (English): In an unbookish manner
Definitions
- In an unbookish manner
Ancestry of “unbookishly”, step by step
unbookishly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbookish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbookish | Not bookish |
| 2 | English | bookish | Fond of reading or studying, especially said of... |
| 3 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 4 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 5 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |