Where does “unsupportive” come from?
Unsupportive derives from English support, which comes from Latin supportāre, ultimately traceable to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to carry or bear upward.
unsupportive (English): Not supportive
Definitions
- Not supportive
Ancestry of “unsupportive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | supportive | Providing support |
| 2 | English | -ive | An adjective suffix signifying relating or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -yf | A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 4 | Old French | -if | -ive |
| 5 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |