Where does “unelegantly” come from?
unelegantly (English) comes from English unelegant, from English elegant, from Middle French elegant, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unelegantly (English): In an unelegant manner
Ancestry of “unelegantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unelegant | Not elegant |
| 2 | English | elegant | Characterised by or exhibiting elegance;... |
| 3 | Middle French | elegant | elegant |
| 4 | Latin | ēlegāns | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 6 | Latin | ēligō | — |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |