Where does “unfazed” come from?
Unfazed comes from English faze, from Latin unus meaning "one," which derives from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent- meaning "to be" or "to exist."
unfazed (English): Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put...
Definitions
- Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put...
Ancestry of “unfazed”, step by step
unfazed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fazed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fazed | Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted;... |
| 2 | English | faze | To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put... |
| 3 | Portuguese | fazer | to make; to play; to pretend to be; to turn; to... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | fazer | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |