Where does “uninviting” come from?

Uninviting comes from English invite, from Middle French inviter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning to go or be present, combined with ne and ano-.

uninviting (English): Not welcoming; not attractive

Definitions

  1. Not welcoming; not attractive

Ancestry of “uninviting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “uninviting”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →