Etymology

unmanly

U1N1M3A1N1L1Y4

Today it means: Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character. Full definition →

English manly ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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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. Englishmanly
  9. English todayunmanly

From un- + manly.

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