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Where does “unashamed” come from?

Unashamed derives from English ashamed, which comes from Latin unus, Proto-Indo-European óynos, and Proto-Indo-European ano-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-.

unashamed (English): feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or...

Definitions

  1. feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or...

Ancestry of “unashamed”, 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 “unashamed”

  • unashamedly
  • unashamedness
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