Where does “unceremonious” come from?
Unceremonious comes from English ceremonious, from Middle French cérémonieux, from Latin caerimoniosus, from Latin caerimonia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "not" and "being."
unceremonious (English): Not ceremonious
Ancestry of “unceremonious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unceremonious”