underemotional

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adjective

Deficient in emotion; cold, distant.

OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

adjectiveunderemotional (comparative more underemotional, superlative most underemotional)

comparative more underemotional · superlative most underemotional

  1. Deficient in emotion; cold, distant.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  14. Proto-Italic*eks
  15. Latinex
  16. Latinex-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  19. Proto-Italic*moweō
  20. Latinmoveō
  21. Latinēmoveō
  22. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  23. Old Frenchesmovoir
  24. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  25. Middle Frenchemotion
  26. Englishemotion
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Englishemotional
  30. Englishunderemotional

From under- + emotional.

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APA

underemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemotional

MLA

“underemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemotional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underemotional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemotional.

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