Where does “unsuspectingness” come from?
unsuspectingness (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.
unsuspectingness (English): The quality of being unsuspecting
Definitions
- The quality of being unsuspecting
Ancestry of “unsuspectingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | unsuspecting | Not suspecting; without any suspicion |
| 2 | English | Un- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |