Where does “unprincessly” come from?

unprincessly (English) comes from English princessly, from English Princess, from Middle English princesse, from Old French princesse, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

unprincessly (English): Not princessly

Definitions

  1. Not princessly

Ancestry of “unprincessly”, step by step

unprincessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English princessly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprincesslyBefitting a princess; noble, dainty, etc
2EnglishPrincessThe title of a princess
3Middle Englishprincesse
4Old Frenchprincesseprincess
5Old Frenchprinceprince
6Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
7Latinprimoceps
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-