unskeptical

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adjective

Not skeptical; having an open mind.

OriginEnglish skeptical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin scepticus →
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Meanings

adjectiveunskeptical (comparative more unskeptical, superlative most unskeptical)

comparative more unskeptical · superlative most unskeptical

  1. Not skeptical; having an open mind.

Origin

  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*speḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  11. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  12. Ancient Greekσκεπτικός (skeptikós)
  13. Latinscepticus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishskeptical
  17. Englishunskeptical

From un- + skeptical.

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Chicago

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