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Where does “immodesty” come from?

immodesty (English) comes from English immodest, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

immodesty (English): The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty

Definitions

  1. The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty

Ancestry of “immodesty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishimmodestwithout customary restraint or modesty of...
2Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
3Middle Englishin-—
4Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in—
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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