Where does “unevenly” come from?
Unevenly derives from Middle English -ly added to Old English uneven, itself formed from Old English un- and -līċ, ultimately tracing through Proto-Germanic ēbandaz and Proto-Indo-European līg- and ano- meaning "even" and ne meaning "not."
unevenly (English): In an uneven or haphazard manner; In an unequal...
Definitions
- In an uneven or haphazard manner; In an unequal...
Ancestry of “unevenly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uneven | Not even; Not level or smooth; Not uniform |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |