Where does “uncavalierly” come from?

uncavalierly (English) comes from English uncavalier, from English Cavalier, from Middle French cavalier — horseman.

uncavalierly (English): In an uncavalier manner

Definitions

  1. In an uncavalier manner

Ancestry of “uncavalierly”, step by step

uncavalierly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English uncavalier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuncavalierNot cavalier
2EnglishCavalierA royalist partisan of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, especially from the upper classes
3Middle Frenchcavalierhorseman

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Middle French cavalier →