Where does “unprovidedly” come from?
unprovidedly (English) comes from English unprovided, from English Un-, from English still, from Old English stillan, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
unprovidedly (English): Without being provided for; Unguardedly
Definitions
- Without being provided for; Unguardedly
Ancestry of “unprovidedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | unprovided | Not provided; not supplied or equipped;... |
| 2 | English | Un- | — |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |