Where does “unconvincing” come from?

Unconvincing derives from English convincing, ultimately from Latin unus meaning "one," traced through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.

unconvincing (English): not convincing, plausible or believable; present...

Definitions

  1. not convincing, plausible or believable; present...

Ancestry of “unconvincing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unconvincing”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →