Etymology

unwelcoming

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Today it means: Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality. Full definition →

English welcoming ← Middle English welcome ← Old English wilcuma
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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. Proto-Indo-European*welh₁-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wiljaną
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  12. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*wiljakwemô
  14. Old Englishwilcuma
  15. Middle Englishwelcome
  16. Englishwelcome
  17. Englishwelcoming
  18. English todayunwelcoming

From un- + welcoming.

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