Where does “unperspicaciously” come from?
unperspicaciously (English) comes from English unperspicacious, from English perspicacious, from Latin perspicācitās, from Latin perspicax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unperspicaciously (English): In an unperspicacious manner
Definitions
- In an unperspicacious manner
Ancestry of “unperspicaciously”, step by step
unperspicaciously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unperspicacious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unperspicacious | Not perspicacious |
| 2 | English | perspicacious | Of acute discernment; having keen insight;... |
| 3 | Latin | perspicācitās | sharp-sightedness, discernment, discrimination |
| 4 | Latin | perspicax | sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, perspicacious |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |