Where does “unexpectantly” come from?
unexpectantly (English) comes from English unexpectant, from English expectant, from Old French expectant, from Latin expectans, from Latin expecto, from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō — to see, to look, to observe.
unexpectantly (English): unexpectedly
Ancestry of “unexpectantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unexpectant | Not expectant |
| 2 | English | expectant | Marked by expectation; Pregnant; Awaiting the... |
| 3 | Old French | expectant | — |
| 4 | Latin | expectans | Alternative form of exspectans |
| 5 | Latin | expecto | Alternative form of exspectō |
| 6 | Latin | spectō | — |
| 7 | Latin | speciō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |