Where does “ondeugend” come from?

ondeugend (Dutch) comes from Dutch on — rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-).

ondeugend (Dutch): bad-natured, vicious; mischievous, naughty;...

Definitions

  1. bad-natured, vicious; mischievous, naughty;...

Ancestry of “ondeugend”, step by step

ondeugend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

via Dutch deugend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdeugend
Every word from Dutch on