Where does “ungarrulous” come from?
ungarrulous (English) comes from English garrulous, from Latin garrulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ungarrulous (English): Not garrulous
Definitions
- Not garrulous
Ancestry of “ungarrulous”, step by step
ungarrulous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garrulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garrulous | Excessively or tiresomely talkative; Excessively... |
| 2 | Latin | garrulus | talkative, garrulous |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |