Where does “unservicelike” come from?
unservicelike (English) comes from English servicelike, from English service, from Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unservicelike (English): Not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike
Definitions
- Not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike
Ancestry of “unservicelike”, step by step
unservicelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English servicelike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | servicelike | Resembling or characteristic of a service |
| 2 | English | service | An act of being of assistance to someone; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | servise | service; servitude; vasselage |
| 4 | Old English | serfis | service |
| 5 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 6 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 7 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 8 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |