Etymology

unsportsmanly

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Today it means: Not sportsmanly; not befitting a sportsman. Full definition →

English sportsmanly ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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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*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  11. Proto-Italic*dis-
  12. Latindis-
  13. Old Frenchdes-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  16. Proto-Italic*portā
  17. Proto-Italic*portāō
  18. Latinportāre
  19. Old Frenchporter
  20. Anglo-Normandesporter
  21. Middle Englishdisporten
  22. Middle Englishsporten
  23. Englishsport
  24. Englishsports
  25. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  26. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  27. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  28. Old Englishmann
  29. Middle Englishman
  30. Englishsportsman
  31. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  32. Proto-Germanic*līką
  33. Englishsportsmanly
  34. English todayunsportsmanly

From un- + sportsmanly.

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