Etymology

unconventional

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Today it means: Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards. Full definition →

English conventional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French convention
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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*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  14. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  15. Proto-Italic*komgʷəniō
  16. Latinconveniō
  17. Latinconventiōnem
  18. Middle Frenchconvention
  19. Englishconvention
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Englishconventional
  23. English todayunconventional

From un- + conventional.

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