Where does “unrewardingly” come from?
unrewardingly (English) comes from English unrewarding, from English rewarding, from English reward, from Middle English reward, from Old French reward, from Old French rewarder, from Old French warder, from Old French guarder — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
unrewardingly (English): In an unrewarding manner
Definitions
- In an unrewarding manner
Ancestry of “unrewardingly”, step by step
unrewardingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unrewarding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unrewarding | Not providing reward or satisfaction |
| 2 | English | rewarding | Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction;... |
| 3 | English | reward | Something of value given in return for an act; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | reward | — |
| 5 | Old French | reward | reward |
| 6 | Old French | rewarder | to reward |
| 7 | Old French | warder | Alternative form of guarder |
| 8 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 9 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |