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Where does “unfanatic” come from?

unfanatic (English) comes from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

unfanatic (English): Not fanatical

Definitions

  1. Not fanatical

Ancestry of “unfanatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
2Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
3Latinfānāticus—
4Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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