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Where does “unfelicitous” come from?

unfelicitous (English) comes from English felicitous, from English felicity, from Latin fēlīcitās, from Latin Fēlīx.

unfelicitous (English): Not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate

Definitions

  1. Not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate

Ancestry of “unfelicitous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfelicitousCharacterized by felicity; Of a sentence or...
2EnglishfelicityHappiness; An apt and pleasing style in speech,...
3Latinfēlīcitās—
4LatinFēlīx—

Words derived from “unfelicitous”

  • unfelicitously
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