English

uncool

Uncool comes from English cool.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1970, Kevin Mackey, The Cure: Recollections of an Addict: “It's not the coolest pad in Melbourne. Your presence…”

A compound of un- + cool

Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not, un-’

Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’

Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’

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Proto-Germanic *kōluz ‘cool’

Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī)

Old English cōl ‘cool, cold, calm’

Middle English cool

English cool

Every English word from English cool

adj Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.

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