Where does “unexcitingly” come from?
unexcitingly (English) comes from English unexciting, from English exciting, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex- — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
unexcitingly (English): In an unexciting manner
Definitions
- In an unexciting manner
Ancestry of “unexcitingly”, step by step
unexcitingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unexciting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unexciting | Not exciting |
| 2 | English | exciting | present participle of excite; creating or... |
| 3 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement |
| 4 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 5 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 6 | Latin | excitō | to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon |
| 7 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 8 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 9 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 12 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 13 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |