Where does “unwaisted” come from?
unwaisted (English) comes from English waisted, from English waist, from Middle English wast, from Latin vāstitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
unwaisted (English): Having no waist
Definitions
- Having no waist
Ancestry of “unwaisted”, step by step
unwaisted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English waisted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waisted | Having some specific type of waist; Narrower in... |
| 2 | English | waist | The part of the body between the pelvis and the... |
| 3 | Middle English | wast | Second-person singular past indicative form of... |
| 4 | Latin | vāstitās | waste (empty place), desert |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |