Where does “unmeaty” come from?
unmeaty (English) comes from English meaty, from English meat, from Middle English mete, from Middle English bake mete, from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną — to bake, to roast, to fry.
unmeaty (English): Not meaty
Definitions
- Not meaty
Ancestry of “unmeaty”, step by step
unmeaty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meaty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meaty | Of, relating to, or containing meat; Resembling... |
| 2 | English | meat | The flesh of an animal used as food; A type of... |
| 3 | Middle English | mete | Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is... |
| 4 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 5 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 6 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |