Where does “underscrupulous” come from?
underscrupulous (English) comes from English scrupulous, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
underscrupulous (English): Insufficiently scrupulous
Definitions
- Insufficiently scrupulous
Ancestry of “underscrupulous”, step by step
underscrupulous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scrupulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrupulous | Exactly and carefully conducted; Having scruples... |
| 2 | Middle French | scrupuleux | — |
| 3 | Latin | scrūpulōsus | full of sharp stones |
| 4 | Latin | scrūpulus | a small, sharp or pointed stone |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |