Where does “unsportsmanliness” come from?
unsportsmanliness (English) comes from English unsportsmanly, from English sportsmanly, from English sportsman, from English sports, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town — on, onto.
unsportsmanliness (English): The state or condition of being unsportsmanly; unsportsmanlikeness
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unsportsmanly; unsportsmanlikeness
Ancestry of “unsportsmanliness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsportsmanly | Not sportsmanly; not befitting a sportsman |
| 2 | English | sportsmanly | Befitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the... |
| 3 | English | sportsman | A man who engages in sports; a male athlete; A... |
| 4 | English | sports | plural of sport; Third-person singular simple... |
| 5 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 6 | English | ’s | — |
| 7 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 8 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 9 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 10 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 11 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |