Where does “unfierce” come from?

unfierce (English) comes from English fierce, from Middle English fers, from Old English fers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

unfierce (English): Not fierce

Definitions

  1. Not fierce

Ancestry of “unfierce”, step by step

unfierce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fierce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfierceExceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or...
2Middle Englishfersbrave, bold
3Old Englishfersverse; sentence, title
4Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
5Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
6Proto-Italicwertōto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-