Where does “ungardenlike” come from?
ungardenlike (English) comes from English gardenlike, from English garden, from Middle English gardyn, from Middle Dutch gordine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ungardenlike (English): Unlike a garden
Ancestry of “ungardenlike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | gardenlike | Resembling a garden |
| 2 | English | garden | An outdoor area containing one or more types of... |
| 3 | Middle English | gardyn | garden; One's inner soul; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gordine | — |
| 5 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 6 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 7 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 8 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 9 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 10 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 11 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 12 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 19 | German | kitt | — |
| 20 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 21 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 22 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |