Where does “undissemblingly” come from?
undissemblingly (English) comes from English undissembling, from English dissembling, from English dissemble, from Latin dissimulare, from Latin dissimulō, from Latin dissimilis, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
undissemblingly (English): Without dissembling
Definitions
- Without dissembling
Ancestry of “undissemblingly”, step by step
undissemblingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undissembling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undissembling | Not dissembling |
| 2 | English | dissembling | The action of the verb dissemble; present... |
| 3 | English | dissemble | To disguise or conceal something; To feign; To... |
| 4 | Latin | dissimulare | present active infinitive of dissimulō;... |
| 5 | Latin | dissimulō | to conceal, hide, or dissimulate a state of mind |
| 6 | Latin | dissimilis | unlike, dissimilar, different |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |