Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “unquestioning” come from?

Unquestioning derives from English questioning, itself from English question, which traces through Latin quaerere, meaning to seek or inquire, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ano-.

unquestioning (English): Believing without question; having absolute...

Definitions

  1. Believing without question; having absolute...

Ancestry of “unquestioning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquestioningThe action of asking questions; a survey; an...
2EnglishquestionA sentence, phrase or word which asks for...
3Frenchquestionnerto question, interrogate; to call into question
4Frenchquestiona question; a matter or issue; a problem
5Old Frenchquestionquestion
6Latinquaestiō—
7Latin-tiō—
8Latindissertātiō—
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “unquestioning”

  • unquestioningly
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →