Where does “unterrible” come from?

unterrible (English) comes from English terrible, from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis, from Latin terreō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

unterrible (English): Not terrible

Definitions

  1. Not terrible

Ancestry of “unterrible”, step by step

unterrible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terrible

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterribleDreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear;...
2Middle Englishterribleterrible
3Old Frenchterribleterrible
4Latinterribilisfrightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
5Latinterreōto frighten, terrify, alarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeantres-to tremble
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥
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