English

indecorous

By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.

Equivalent to in- + decorous

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’

Latin decōrus ‘becoming, fitting, proper, suitable’

Today it means

adj Improper, immodest, or indecent.

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

Etymograph / indecorous