Where does “unintentional” come from?
Unintentional derives from English intentional, which comes from English intention, ultimately tracing through Latin in- and Proto-Indo-European ano- meaning "not" or "without."
unintentional (English): Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent;...
Definitions
- Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent;...
Ancestry of “unintentional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intentional | Intended or planned; done deliberately or... |
| 2 | French | intentionnel | intentional |
| 3 | French | intention | intention |
| 4 | Middle French | intention | Alternative form of entention |
| 5 | Old French | entencion | intention; intent; aim |
| 6 | Latin | intentio | strain, tension; increase, augmentation;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |