Where does “unperky” come from?
unperky (English) comes from English perky, from English perk, from English percolate, from Latin percolatus, from Latin percōlō, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
unperky (English): Not perky
Definitions
- Not perky
Ancestry of “unperky”, step by step
unperky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perky | Lively or enthusiastic; Standing upright; firm |
| 2 | English | perk | Perquisite; A bonus ability that a player... |
| 3 | English | percolate | To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to... |
| 4 | Latin | percolatus | strained through, filtered through, percolated |
| 5 | Latin | percōlō | to strain or filter through; to percolate |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |