Where does “unhopeful” come from?
unhopeful (English) comes from English hopeful, from English -ful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
unhopeful (English): Not hopeful; Somebody who is unlikely to achieve...
Definitions
- Not hopeful; Somebody who is unlikely to achieve...
Ancestry of “unhopeful”, step by step
unhopeful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hopeful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hopeful | feeling hope; inspiring hope; Someone who is... |
| 2 | English | -ful | Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 4 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Middle English unhopful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | unhopful | — |