Etymology

uneconomical

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Today it means: Not economical. Full definition →

English economical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English economike, iconomique
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  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*weyḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  11. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  12. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  15. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  16. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  17. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  18. Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
  19. Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
  20. Latinoeconomicus
  21. Old Frenchiconomike
  22. Middle Englishiconomique
  23. Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
  24. Englisheconomic
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englisheconomical
  28. English todayuneconomical

From un- + economical.

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