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Where does “unflappably” come from?

unflappably (English) comes from English unflappable, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unflappably (English): In an unflappable manner

Definitions

  1. In an unflappable manner

Ancestry of “unflappably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunflappableRemaining composed and level-headed at all times;...
2EnglishUn-—
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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