Where does “unexaggerating” come from?

unexaggerating (English) comes from English exaggerating, from English exaggerate, from Latin exaggeratus, from Latin exaggerō, from Latin aggero, from Latin agger, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

unexaggerating (English): Not exaggerating

Definitions

  1. Not exaggerating

Ancestry of “unexaggerating”, step by step

unexaggerating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English exaggerating

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexaggeratingpresent participle of exaggerate
2EnglishexaggerateTo overstate, to describe more than is fact
3Latinexaggeratusexaggerated
4Latinexaggerōto heap up
5LatinaggeroI bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a...
6Latinaggerrampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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