Where does “unchatty” come from?
unchatty (English) comes from English chatty, from English chat, from English chatter, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
unchatty (English): Not chatty
Definitions
- Not chatty
Ancestry of “unchatty”, step by step
unchatty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chatty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chatty | Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting;... |
| 2 | English | chat | To be engaged in informal conversation; To talk... |
| 3 | English | chatter | Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |