Where does “undeservedly” come from?
Undeservedly comes from English undeserved, derived from Latin unus and Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ano- and ne.
undeservedly (English): In an undeserved manner
Definitions
- In an undeserved manner
Ancestry of “undeservedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undeserved | Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |