Etymology

unproductiveness

Today it means: The characteristic of being unproductive; lack of productiveness. Full definition →

English unproductive ← Late Latin prōductīvus ← Latin prōdūcō
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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. Latinprōdūcō
  9. Late Latinprōductīvus
  10. Englishproductive
  11. Englishunproductive
  12. English todayunproductiveness

From unproductive + -ness.

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