English

inexpedient

From in- + expedient.

A compound of in- + expedient

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin expedire ‘to bring forward, to dispatch, to expedite’

Latin expediens ‘expediting’

Old French expedient

Middle English expedient

Today it means

adj Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place

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

Etymograph / inexpedient