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Where does “unhypnotic” come from?

unhypnotic (English) comes from English hypnotic, from French hypnotique, from Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός, from Ancient Greek ὑπνῶ, from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος, from Proto-Hellenic húpnos, from Proto-Indo-European supnós — to sleep.

unhypnotic (English): Not hypnotic

Definitions

  1. Not hypnotic

Ancestry of “unhypnotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypnoticOf, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism;...
2Frenchhypnotiquehypnotic; sleeping pill
3Latinhypnōticus—
4Ancient Greekὑπνωτικόςinclined to sleep, sleepy; inducing sleep,...
5Ancient GreekὑπνῶI put to sleep
6Ancient GreekὝπνος—
7Proto-Hellenichúpnos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansupnóssleep; death
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswóp-r̥ ~ swép-n̥s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →