Meanings
adverbunetymologically (comparative more unetymologically, superlative most unetymologically)
comparative more unetymologically · superlative most unetymologically
- In a way which is not etymological.
But while women were often not in touch with their own history—what feminists came to call, unetymologically but pertinently, 'herstory'—they were keenly aware of the immediate, oppressive past.
2012, Gisela Kaplan, Contemporary Western European Feminism
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*set-?
- Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
- Ancient Greekἔτυμος (étumos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos)
- Ancient Greekἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)
- Latinetymologia
- Old Frenchethimologie
- Middle Englishethymologie
- Englishetymology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishetymological
- Englishunetymological
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishunetymologically
From unetymological + -ly.
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APA
unetymologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unetymologically
MLA
“unetymologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unetymologically. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unetymologically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unetymologically.
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