Where does “unluckily” come from?
Unluckily derives from English unlucky, itself from English lucky, traced through Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ne- and ano-.
unluckily (English): Without luck; unfortunately
Definitions
- Without luck; unfortunately
Ancestry of “unluckily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |