Where does “unlikely” come from?
Unlikely comes from Middle English unlykly, meaning not pleasing or disagreeable.
unlikely (English): Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably...
Definitions
- Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably...
Ancestry of “unlikely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | unlykely | — |
Words derived from “unlikely”