Etymograph

English

inartful

Alteration of earlier unartful, equivalent to in- + artful.

Formed from in- + artful

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Today it means

adj Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; ill-phrased; inexpedient

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / inartful