Where does “undauntingly” come from?
undauntingly (English) comes from English undaunting, from English daunting, from English daunt, from Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitō, from Latin domō, from Proto-Italic domaō — damage.
undauntingly (English): In an undaunting manner
Definitions
- In an undaunting manner
Ancestry of “undauntingly”, step by step
undauntingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undaunting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undaunting | Not daunting |
| 2 | English | daunting | Discouraging; inspiring fear; Intimidatingly... |
| 3 | English | daunt | To discourage, intimidate; To overwhelm |
| 4 | Middle English | daunten | To attain victory and control over; to subjugate;... |
| 5 | Old French | danter | — |
| 6 | Latin | domitō | to tame |
| 7 | Latin | domō | to tame, break in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domaō | tame; subdue |
| 9 | Ido | domajo | damage, injury, harm, accident |
| 10 | Ido | domajar | to damage; to injure, harm, impair, spoil |
| 11 | English | damage | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of... |
| 12 | Middle English | damage | damage, harm, injury |
| 13 | Old French | damage | damage; injury, hurt, insult |
| 14 | Old Occitan | damnatge | damage; harm, etc |
| 15 | Vulgar Latin | damnaticum | damage |