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Where does “unembarrassed” come from?

Unembarrassed derives from English embarrassed, which comes from Latin unus, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano- to the root ne and h₂ent-.

unembarrassed (English): Not embarrassed

Definitions

  1. Not embarrassed

Ancestry of “unembarrassed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishembarrassedHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort; Impeded;...
2Englishembarrassto humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or...
3Frenchembarrasserembarrass; clutter; block
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “unembarrassed”

  • unembarrassedly
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