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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

  1. In an unreserved manner; showing emotion or lack...

Ancestry of “unreservedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunreservedNot reserved, without reservations; Not booked in...
2EnglishUn-—
3EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
4Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
5Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
6Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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