Where does “unfetchingly” come from?
unfetchingly (English) comes from English unfetching, from English fetching, from English ing, from Middle English ing, from Old English ing, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic angijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énkos — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
unfetchingly (English): In an unfetching manner; unattractively
Definitions
- In an unfetching manner; unattractively
Ancestry of “unfetchingly”, step by step
unfetchingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfetching
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfetching | Not fetching; unattractive; ugly |
| 2 | English | fetching | Attractive; pleasant to regard; present... |
| 3 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 4 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 5 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 6 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |