Etymology

unargumentative

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Today it means: Not argumentative; uninclined to argue. Full definition →

English argumentative ← Middle English argumentatif ← Medieval Latin argūmentātīvus
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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*h₂erǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  10. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  11. Latinarguō
  12. Latinargūmentum
  13. Latinargūmentor
  14. Medieval Latinargūmentātīvus
  15. Middle Englishargumentatif
  16. Englishargumentative
  17. English todayunargumentative

From un- + argumentative.

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