Where does “unquerulous” come from?
unquerulous (English) comes from English querulous, from Old French querelos, from Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
unquerulous (English): Not querulous
Definitions
- Not querulous
Ancestry of “unquerulous”, step by step
unquerulous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English querulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | querulous | Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in... |
| 2 | Old French | querelos | — |
| 3 | Latin | querulōsus | querulous |
| 4 | Latin | querulus | complaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |