Where does “unbrilliantly” come from?
unbrilliantly (English) comes from English unbrilliant, from English brilliant, from French brillant, from French briller, from Italian brillare, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.
unbrilliantly (English): In an unbrilliant manner; without brilliance
Definitions
- In an unbrilliant manner; without brilliance
Ancestry of “unbrilliantly”, step by step
unbrilliantly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbrilliant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbrilliant | Not brilliant |
| 2 | English | brilliant | Shining brightly; Both bright and saturated;... |
| 3 | French | brillant | shining; shiny; present participle of briller |
| 4 | French | briller | to shine, to sparkle |
| 5 | Italian | brillare | to shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle; to... |
| 6 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 8 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 10 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 11 | Pali | veḷur | white town |