Where does “unfumblingly” come from?
unfumblingly (English) comes from English unfumbling, from English fumbling, from English fumble, from English fool, from French fouler, from Middle French fouller, from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo.
unfumblingly (English): Without fumbling
Definitions
- Without fumbling
Ancestry of “unfumblingly”, step by step
unfumblingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfumbling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfumbling | Not fumbling |
| 2 | English | fumbling | present participle of fumble; An instance of... |
| 3 | English | fumble | To handle nervously or awkwardly; To grope... |
| 4 | English | fool | A person with poor judgment or little... |
| 5 | French | fouler | to stamp, impress, dent; to mill; to walk on,... |
| 6 | Middle French | fouller | to mistreat |
| 7 | Old French | foler | to destroy; to mistreat |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 9 | Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |