Where does “unwastefully” come from?
unwastefully (English) comes from English wastefully, from English wasteful, from Middle English wastful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
unwastefully (English): Not wastefully, in a way that avoids waste
Definitions
- Not wastefully, in a way that avoids waste
Ancestry of “unwastefully”, step by step
unwastefully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wastefully
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wastefully | In a wasteful manner |
| 2 | English | wasteful | Inclined to waste or squander money or resources;... |
| 3 | Middle English | wastful | wasteful, profligate |
| 4 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 5 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |