Where does “uncuriously” come from?
uncuriously (English) comes from English uncurious, from English curious, from Middle English curious, from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s.
uncuriously (English): In an uncurious manner
Definitions
- In an uncurious manner
Ancestry of “uncuriously”, step by step
uncuriously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncurious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncurious | Incurious; not eager to learn or find answers;... |
| 2 | English | curious | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore... |
| 3 | Middle English | curious | careful, meticulous; ingenious, skilful; expert,... |
| 4 | Old French | curios | — |
| 5 | Latin | curiosus | Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... |
| 6 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 7 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 8 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 9 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |