Where does “unembracing” come from?
unembracing (English) comes from English embracing, from English embrace, from French embrasser, from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium — short.
unembracing (English): Not embracing
Definitions
- Not embracing
Ancestry of “unembracing”, step by step
unembracing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English embracing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embracing | present participle of embrace; The act of... |
| 2 | English | embrace | To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in... |
| 3 | French | embrasser | to hug, embrace; to kiss |
| 4 | Italian | abbracciare | to embrace someone or something; to hug |
| 5 | Spanish | abrazar | to hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,... |
| 6 | Spanish | abracar | to hug, to embrace |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | adbracchiare | — |
| 8 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |