Etymograph

English

unagrarian

Unagrarian comes from Middle French agrarien ‘agrarian’, from Latin ager ‘field’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘field’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagrārius‘agrarian’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agrarien‘agrarian’
  6. English1500–presentagrarian
  7. Englishtodayunagrarian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘field’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagrārius‘agrarian’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agrarien‘agrarian’
  6. English1500–presentagrarian
  7. Englishtodayunagrarian

A compound of un- + agrarian

Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not, un-’

Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’

Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

Latin agrārius ‘of the land’

Middle French agrarien

English agrarian

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

act, action, active, activity, actual, suggest, agency, actor, agent, register, strategy, essay, agenda, gesture, activate, digest, congestion, ambiguous, squat, agony, ambiguity, assay, agile, agility, antagonist, agitation, belligerent, axiom, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, actuator, cogent, agonist, radium, antagonism, agitate, actuation, antagonize, 150 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

acre, 9 more

Today it means

adj Not agrarian.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros / unagrarian