Where does “unreservedly” come from?
Unreservedly derives from English unreserved, which combines the prefix un- with reserved, ultimately tracing through Latin unus (one) and Proto-Indo-European óynos (one) to the root ano- and ne (not).
unreservedly (English): In an unreserved manner; showing emotion or lack...
Definitions
- In an unreserved manner; showing emotion or lack...
Ancestry of “unreservedly”, step by step
unreservedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unreserved
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unreserved | Not reserved, without reservations; Not booked in... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 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 |
via English reservedly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reservedly | In a reserved manner |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |