Where does “unubiquitous” come from?
unubiquitous (English) comes from English ubiquitous, from English ubiquity, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubique, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
unubiquitous (English): Not ubiquitous
Definitions
- Not ubiquitous
Ancestry of “unubiquitous”, step by step
unubiquitous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ubiquitous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ubiquitous | Being everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing... |
| 2 | English | ubiquity | The state or quality of being, or appearing to... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | ubīquitās | — |
| 4 | Latin | ubique | everywhere |
| 5 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |