Where does “unloverly” come from?

unloverly (English) comes from English loverly, from English lover, from Middle English lovere, from Middle English loven, from Old English lofian, from Proto-Germanic *lobōn, from Proto-Germanic lubōną, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

unloverly (English): Not loverly

Definitions

  1. Not loverly

Ancestry of “unloverly”, step by step

unloverly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English loverly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloverlyCharacteristic of lovers; lovely
2EnglishloverOne who loves and cares for another person in a...
3Middle EnglishlovereA friend; one who is favorable towards someone or something
4Middle Englishlovento love
5Old Englishlofianto praise; exalt; to appraise; value; put a price...
6Proto-Germanic*lobōn
7Proto-Germaniclubōnąto praise
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne

Words derived from “unloverly

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēw-Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic lubōną