Etymology

unstylish

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Today it means: Not stylish; unfashionable. Full definition →

English stylish ← Middle English stile ← Old French estile
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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. Medieval Latinstylus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  10. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  11. Latinstilu
  12. Old Frenchestile
  13. Middle Englishstile
  14. Englishstyle
  15. Englishstylish
  16. English todayunstylish

From un- + stylish.

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