Etymology

inexpedient

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Today it means: Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place Full definition →

English expedient ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishexpedient
  8. English todayinexpedient

From in- + expedient.

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