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Where does “unradiant” come from?

unradiant (English) comes from English radiant, from Middle French radiant, from Latin radiantis, from Latin radiare, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

unradiant (English): Not radiant

Definitions

  1. Not radiant

Ancestry of “unradiant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishradiantRadiating light and/or heat; Emitted as...
2Middle Frenchradiant—
3Latinradiantisgenitive masculine singular of radiāns; genitive...
4Latinradiarepresent active infinitive of radiō; second-person...
5Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
6English-án—
7Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →