Where does “unoptimistically” come from?
unoptimistically (English) comes from English unoptimistic, from English optimistic, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen.
unoptimistically (English): Without optimism
Ancestry of “unoptimistically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unoptimistic | not optimistic |
| 2 | English | optimistic | Expecting the best in all possible ways; Allowing... |
| 3 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 4 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 5 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 6 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 7 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 8 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 9 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 10 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 11 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |