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Where does “unencouragingly” come from?

unencouragingly (English) comes from English unencouraging, from English encouraging, from English encourage, from Middle English encouragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier, from Old French en-, from Latin īn- — in.

unencouragingly (English): In an unencouraging way

Definitions

  1. In an unencouraging way

Ancestry of “unencouragingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunencouragingNot encouraging
2Englishencouraginggiving courage, confidence or hope; supporting by...
3EnglishencourageTo mentally support; to motivate, give courage,...
4Middle Englishencouragen—
5Anglo-Normanencoragierto encourage
6Old Frenchencoragierto encourage
7Old Frenchen-en-
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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