Where does “uncantankerous” come from?
uncantankerous (English) comes from English cantankerous, from English contenkerous, from English contentious, from Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from Latin contentio, from Latin contendere, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
uncantankerous (English): Not cantankerous
Definitions
- Not cantankerous
Ancestry of “uncantankerous”, step by step
uncantankerous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cantankerous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cantankerous | Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature;... |
| 2 | English | contenkerous | — |
| 3 | English | contentious | Marked by heated arguments or controversy; Given... |
| 4 | Middle French | contentieux | — |
| 5 | Latin | contentiosus | contentious, disputatious; headstrong, obstinate,... |
| 6 | Latin | contentio | stretching, tension; competition, rivalry;... |
| 7 | Latin | contendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |