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
- In an unencouraging way
Ancestry of “unencouragingly”, step by step
unencouragingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unencouraging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unencouraging | Not encouraging |
| 2 | English | encouraging | giving courage, confidence or hope; supporting by... |
| 3 | English | encourage | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage,... |
| 4 | Middle English | encouragen | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | encoragier | to encourage |
| 6 | Old French | encoragier | to encourage |
| 7 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |