Where does “unsordidness” come from?
unsordidness (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.
unsordidness (English): The quality of being unsordid
Definitions
- The quality of being unsordid
Ancestry of “unsordidness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |