Etymology

unadvisable

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Today it means: Inadvisable. Full definition →

English advisable ← Late Latin advisō ← Latin visō
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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. Latinad
  11. Old Frencha
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  14. Proto-Italic*wissos
  15. Latinvīsus
  16. Old Frenchvis
  17. Old Frenchavis
  18. Old Frenchaviser
  19. Middle Englishavisen
  20. Proto-Italic*ad
  21. Proto-Italic*ad-
  22. Latinad-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*wéydseti
  25. Proto-Italic*weidsō
  26. Latinvisō
  27. Late Latinadvisō
  28. Englishadvise
  29. Englishadvisable
  30. English todayunadvisable

From un- + advisable.

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