Where does “unsonly” come from?

unsonly (English) comes from English sonly, from Middle English sonely, from Middle English sone, from Old English sōna, from Proto-West Germanic sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic sēna, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

unsonly (English): Not sonly

Definitions

  1. Not sonly

Ancestry of “unsonly”, step by step

unsonly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sonly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsonlyOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
2Middle Englishsonelysonly
3Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
4Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
5Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
6Proto-Germanicsēna
7Proto-Germanic*sa
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa
9Proto-Oceanic*isa

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa