Etymograph

English

inconcinnity

Inconcinnity comes from Latin inconcinnitas ‘inconcinnity, asymmetry, disharmony’, from inconcinnus ‘awkward, clumsy’, and ultimately from cinnus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcinnus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcinnus‘elegant, graceful, neat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconcinnus‘awkward, clumsy’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconcinnitas‘inconcinnity, asymmetry, disharmony’
  5. Englishtodayinconcinnity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcinnus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcinnus‘elegant, graceful, neat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconcinnus‘awkward, clumsy’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinconcinnitas‘inconcinnity, asymmetry, disharmony’
  5. Englishtodayinconcinnity

Every English word from Latin cinnus

Today it means

noun Lack of harmony or suitability.

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

Etymograph / Latin cinnus / inconcinnity

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