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Where does “unfaithfully” come from?

unfaithfully (English) comes from English unfaithful, from English un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unfaithfully (English): In an unfaithful manner

Definitions

  1. In an unfaithful manner

Ancestry of “unfaithfully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunfaithfulNot having religious faith; Not keeping good...
2Englishun-not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to...
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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