Where does “unlibrarianly” come from?
unlibrarianly (English) comes from English librarianly, from English librarian, from English library, from Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman French librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium, from Latin librarius — long.
unlibrarianly (English): Not librarianly
Ancestry of “unlibrarianly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | librarianly | Resembling or characteristic of a librarian |
| 2 | English | librarian | The keeper, manager of a library; One who cares... |
| 3 | English | library | An institution which holds books and/or other... |
| 4 | Middle English | librarie | library, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman French | librarie | — |
| 6 | Old French | librairie | — |
| 7 | Latin | librarium | a bookcase; a library |
| 8 | Latin | librarius | of or pertaining to books; a scribe, copyist,... |
| 9 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 11 | French | lober | to lob |
| 12 | French | lob | lob |
| 13 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 14 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 15 | French | long | long |
| 16 | Old French | long | long |
| 17 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 18 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 19 | Proto-Italic | dlongos | long |