Where does “unscornfully” come from?
unscornfully (English) comes from English unscornful, from English scornful, from English scorn, from English scarn, from Old French escarn, from Vulgar Latin escarnire, from Proto-Germanic skarnjan, from Proto-Germanic skeraną — to caw, crow.
unscornfully (English): In an unscornful manner
Definitions
- In an unscornful manner
Ancestry of “unscornfully”, step by step
unscornfully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unscornful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unscornful | Not scornful |
| 2 | English | scornful | Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous |
| 3 | English | scorn | To feel or display contempt or disdain for... |
| 4 | English | scarn | dung |
| 5 | Old French | escarn | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | escarnire | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skarnjan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skeraną | to shear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |