Etymology

undemanding

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Today it means: Not demanding Full definition →

English demanding ← Middle English demaunden ← Old French demander
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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*de
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  10. Proto-Italic*dē
  11. Latindē
  12. Latindē-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  14. Proto-Italic*manus
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  17. Proto-Italic*manuðō
  18. Latinmandō
  19. Latindemandāre
  20. Old Frenchdemander
  21. Middle Englishdemaunden
  22. Englishdemand
  23. Englishdemanding
  24. English todayundemanding

From un- + demanding.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.