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Where does “unabashed” come from?

Unabashed comes from English abashed, from Latin unus meaning "one," from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the root h₂ent- meaning "to be."

unabashed (English): Not disconcerted or embarrassed; Of actions,...

Definitions

  1. Not disconcerted or embarrassed; Of actions,...

Ancestry of “unabashed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unabashed”

  • unabashedly
  • unabashedness
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