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Where does “uncompromising” come from?

Uncompromising derives from English compromising, which comes from Latin unus and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.

uncompromising (English): Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make...

Definitions

  1. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make...

Ancestry of “uncompromising”, 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 “uncompromising”

  • uncompromisingly
  • uncompromisingness
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