Where does “uncomplainingly” come from?
Uncomplainingly comes from English uncomplaining, which derives from English complain, ultimately from Latin con- combined with Proto-Indo-European ano-.
uncomplainingly (English): In an uncomplaining manner
Definitions
- In an uncomplaining manner
Ancestry of “uncomplainingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncomplaining | Without complaint; patient and tolerant |
| 2 | English | complaining | present participle of complain; The act by which... |
| 3 | English | complain | To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or... |
| 4 | Middle English | complaynen | — |
| 5 | Old French | complaindre | Alternative form of conplaindre |
| 6 | Old French | conplaindre | to complain; to make a complaint |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | complangere | to bewail, complain |
| 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 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |