Etymology

unadept

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Today it means: Someone who is not an adept. Full definition →

English adept ← French adepte ← Latin adeptu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  13. Proto-Italic*apjō
  14. Latinapiō
  15. Latinapīscor
  16. Latinadipīscor
  17. Latinadeptu
  18. Frenchadepte
  19. Englishadept
  20. English todayunadept

From un- + adept.

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