Where does “unelegant” come from?
unelegant (English) comes from English elegant, from Middle French elegant, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unelegant (English): Not elegant
Ancestry of “unelegant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | elegant | Characterised by or exhibiting elegance;... |
| 2 | Middle French | elegant | elegant |
| 3 | Latin | ēlegāns | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | — |
| 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... |
Words derived from “unelegant”