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Where does “unpicturesquely” come from?

unpicturesquely (English) comes from English unpicturesque, from English picturesque, from French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.

unpicturesquely (English): In an unpicturesque manner

Definitions

  1. In an unpicturesque manner

Ancestry of “unpicturesquely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunpicturesqueNot picturesque; unattractive
2EnglishpicturesqueResembling or worthy of a picture or painting;...
3Frenchpittoresquepicturesque; someone or something that is...
4Italianpittorescopicturesque
5Italian-escoForms adjectives that indicate relationship,...
6Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
7Latin-ensisOf or from
8Latinarvumfield; farm land
9Latincolō—
10Latinquelō—
11Proto-Italickʷelō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →