Where does “undiligent” come from?
undiligent (English) comes from English diligent, from Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns, from Latin dīligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
undiligent (English): not diligent
Ancestry of “undiligent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diligent | Performing with industrious concentration;... |
| 2 | Middle English | diligent | — |
| 3 | Old French | diligent | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīligēns | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīligō | — |
| 6 | Latin | legō | — |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |