Where does “injustly” come from?
injustly (English) comes from English injust, from English just, from Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
injustly (English): Unjustly, unfairly
Definitions
- Unjustly, unfairly
Ancestry of “injustly”, step by step
injustly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English injust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | injust | Unjust, unfair |
| 2 | English | just | Factually right, correct; factual; Rationally... |
| 3 | Middle English | juste | just |
| 4 | Old French | juste | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |