Where does “unprincipal” come from?

unprincipal (English) comes from English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin principālis, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

unprincipal (English): Not principal

Definitions

  1. Not principal

Ancestry of “unprincipal”, step by step

unprincipal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English principal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprincipalPrimary; most important; first level in...
2Old Frenchprincipal
3Latinprincipālisfirst, original
4Latinprīncipiuma beginning, an origin, a commencement
5Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
6Latinprimoceps
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via English un

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