Where does “unclerkly” come from?

unclerkly (English) comes from English clerkly, from English clerk, from Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

unclerkly (English): Not befitting a clerk

Definitions

  1. Not befitting a clerk

Ancestry of “unclerkly”, step by step

unclerkly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English clerkly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclerklyOf clerks; befitting a clerk; Scholarly; In a...
2EnglishclerkOne who occupationally works with records,...
3Middle Englishclerca clergyman, usually in Christianity
4Old Englishclercclergyman, clerk
5Latinclēricusa priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
6Ancient Greekκληρικόςof or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Ancient Greek -ικόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -κός