Where does “underenthused” come from?
underenthused (English) comes from English enthused, from English enthuse, from English enthusiasm, from French enthousiasme, from German Enthusiasmus, from Italian entusiasmo, from Spanish entusiasmo, from Portuguese entusiasmo — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
underenthused (English): Insufficiently enthused
Definitions
- Insufficiently enthused
Ancestry of “underenthused”, step by step
underenthused traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enthused
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enthused | past participle of enthuse |
| 2 | English | enthuse | to show enthusiasm; to cause to feel enthusiasm... |
| 3 | English | enthusiasm | Possession by a god; divine inspiration or... |
| 4 | French | enthousiasme | enthusiasm, keenness |
| 5 | German | Enthusiasmus | enthusiasm |
| 6 | Italian | entusiasmo | enthusiasm, excitement, ebullience; first-person... |
| 7 | Spanish | entusiasmo | enthusiasm |
| 8 | Portuguese | entusiasmo | enthusiasm |
| 9 | Russian | энтузиа́зм | enthusiasm |
| 10 | Late Latin | enthusiasmus | poetical fervour, frenzy |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἐνθουσιασμός | inspiration, enthusiasm |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἐνθουσιάζω | I am inspired or possessed by a god, I am rapt, I... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ἔνθους | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ἔνθεος | having a god in one; possessed or inspired by a... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |