Where does “unfrequently” come from?

Unfrequently derives from English unfrequent, from Latin frequens meaning "crowded" or "often," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "one" and "not."

unfrequently (English): Infrequently

Definitions

  1. Infrequently

Ancestry of “unfrequently”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunfrequentNot frequent; not common; not happening often;...
2EnglishUn-not
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →