Where does “unpompous” come from?

unpompous (English) comes from English pompous, from Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.

unpompous (English): Not pompous

Definitions

  1. Not pompous

Ancestry of “unpompous”, step by step

unpompous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pompous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpompousAffectedly grand, solemn or self-important
2Middle Englishpompous—
3Old Frenchpompeux—
4Late Latinpomposus—
5Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
6Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
7Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
8Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne

Words derived from “unpompous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →