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Where does “unquestioningly” come from?

Unquestioningly derives from English unquestioning, from English questioning, from English question, from Latin quaerere meaning "to seek or ask."

unquestioningly (English): Without asking questions or having doubts. With...

Definitions

  1. Without asking questions or having doubts. With...

Ancestry of “unquestioningly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunquestioningBelieving without question; having absolute...
2EnglishquestioningThe action of asking questions; a survey; an...
3EnglishquestionA sentence, phrase or word which asks for...
4Frenchquestionnerto question, interrogate; to call into question
5Frenchquestiona question; a matter or issue; a problem
6Old Frenchquestionquestion
7Latinquaestiō—
8Latin-tiō—
9Latindissertātiō—
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
15Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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