Where does “unforgettingly” come from?
unforgettingly (English) comes from English unforgetting, from English forgetting, from English forget, from Middle English forgeten, from Old English forġietan, from Proto-West Germanic fragetan, from Proto-West Germanic fra-, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
unforgettingly (English): In an unforgetting way
Definitions
- In an unforgetting way
Ancestry of “unforgettingly”, step by step
unforgettingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unforgetting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unforgetting | Not forgetting; present participle of unforget |
| 2 | English | forgetting | present participle of forget; The mental act by... |
| 3 | English | forget | To lose remembrance of; To unintentionally not... |
| 4 | Middle English | forgeten | — |
| 5 | Old English | forġietan | to forget |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fragetan | to lose hold of; to forget |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fra- | forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |