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Where does “unnice” come from?

unnice (English) comes from English Nice, from Middle English nyce, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius, from Latin nesciō, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

unnice (English): Not nice; unpleasant

Definitions

  1. Not nice; unpleasant

Ancestry of “unnice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNice—
2Middle Englishnycefoolish, simple, ignorant, naive; scared, weak,...
3Old Frenchnicesimple, foolish
4Latinnesciusunaware, ignorant; not knowing how, unable
5Latinnesciō—
6Latinsciō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

Words derived from “unnice”

  • unniceness
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