Where does “unpreferential” come from?
unpreferential (English) comes from English preferential, from French préférentiel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
unpreferential (English): Not preferential
Definitions
- Not preferential
Ancestry of “unpreferential”, step by step
unpreferential traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English preferential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | preferential | Of or relating to the showing or giving of... |
| 2 | French | préférentiel | preferential (related to preference) |
| 3 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 4 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |