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Where does “unrigorously” come from?

unrigorously (English) comes from English unrigorous, from English rigorous, from English Ness, from Middle English nesse, from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic nasją, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s — nose.

unrigorously (English): In an unrigorous manner

Definitions

  1. In an unrigorous manner

Ancestry of “unrigorously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunrigorousNot rigorous
2EnglishrigorousShowing, causing, or favoring rigour;...
3EnglishNess—
4Middle Englishnesse—
5Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
6Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s →