Where does “undefeatedly” come from?
undefeatedly (English) comes from English undefeated, from English defeated, from English defeat, from Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet, from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
undefeatedly (English): Without having been defeated
Definitions
- Without having been defeated
Ancestry of “undefeatedly”, step by step
undefeatedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undefeated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undefeated | never defeated; always victorious |
| 2 | English | defeated | Subjugated, beaten, overcome; simple past tense... |
| 3 | English | defeat | To overcome in battle or contest; To reduce, to... |
| 4 | Middle English | defeten | — |
| 5 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 6 | French | deffet | — |
| 7 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 8 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 9 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |