Where does “unsuspectingly” come from?

unsuspectingly (English) comes from English unsuspecting, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unsuspectingly (English): In an unsuspecting manner

Definitions

  1. In an unsuspecting manner

Ancestry of “unsuspectingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunsuspectingNot suspecting; without any suspicion
2EnglishUn-not
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →