Where does “unwonted” come from?
Unwonted comes from English wont (accustomed) plus the prefix un-, ultimately from Latin unus (one) and Proto-Indo-European óynos, h₂ent-, and ne, originally denoting singularity or being.
unwonted (English): Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent;...
Definitions
- Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent;...
Ancestry of “unwonted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wonted | Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed |
| 2 | Middle English | woonted | usual, customary |
| 3 | Middle English | wont | custom, habit, practice |
| 4 | Old English | ġewunod | — |
| 5 | Old English | ġewunian | to stand by (someone), support |
| 6 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |