Etymology

uncreative

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Today it means: Deficient in or devoid of creativity and originality. Full definition →

English creative ← Latin creātīvus ← Proto-Italic [Term?]
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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*ḱer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁eh₂yéti
  11. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  12. Latincreō
  13. Latincreātīvus
  14. Englishcreative
  15. English todayuncreative

From un- + creative.

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