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Where does “immoralism” come from?

immoralism (English) comes from English immoral, from English im-, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.

immoralism (English): A philosophy that does not accept moral...

Definitions

  1. A philosophy that does not accept moral...

Ancestry of “immoralism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimmoralNot moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity,...
2Englishim-Expressing negation; not; Alternative form of the...
3Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
4Middle Englishin-—
5Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
6Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
7Proto-West Germanic*in—
8Proto-Germanicinin; into
9Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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