Where does “unknightliness” come from?
unknightliness (English) comes from English unknightly, from English knightly, from Middle English knyghtly, from Middle English -ly, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.
unknightliness (English): The quality of being unknightly
Definitions
- The quality of being unknightly
Ancestry of “unknightliness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unknightly | Not knightly; Of behaviour, not befitting a... |
| 2 | English | knightly | Of or pertaining to a knight or knights;... |
| 3 | Middle English | knyghtly | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -ly | Alternative form of -liche |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |