Where does “unetiolated” come from?
unetiolated (English) comes from English etiolated, from English etiolate, from French étiolé, from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.
unetiolated (English): Not etiolated
Definitions
- Not etiolated
Ancestry of “unetiolated”, step by step
unetiolated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English etiolated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | etiolated | Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak... |
| 2 | English | etiolate | To make pale through lack of light, especially of... |
| 3 | French | étiolé | past participle of étioler |
| 4 | French | étioler | to etiolate |
| 5 | French | étieuler | — |
| 6 | Old French | estuble | stubble |
| 7 | Latin | stipula | stalk; stubble; straw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stipelā | straw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stips | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steyp- | be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |