Where does “unpromising” come from?

Unpromising derives from English promising, which comes from Latin prōmittere, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be in front" or "to face."

unpromising (English): Not promising; present participle of unpromise

Definitions

  1. Not promising; present participle of unpromise

Ancestry of “unpromising”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unpromising”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →