Where does “unsordidly” come from?
unsordidly (English) comes from English unsordid, from English sordid, from French sordide, from Latin sordidus, from Latin sordeō, from Latin sordes, from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō — dirty, dark, black.
unsordidly (English): In an unsordid way
Definitions
- In an unsordid way
Ancestry of “unsordidly”, step by step
unsordidly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsordid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsordid | Not sordid |
| 2 | English | sordid | Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible;... |
| 3 | French | sordide | sordid; squalid; sleazy |
| 4 | Latin | sordidus | dirty, filthy; of poor, mean, base quality,... |
| 5 | Latin | sordeō | to be dirty, filthy or foul |
| 6 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 7 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |