Where does “unfriendship” come from?
unfriendship (English) comes from English friendship, from Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċipe, from Proto-West Germanic friundskapi, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
unfriendship (English): unfriendliness; enmity
Definitions
- unfriendliness; enmity
Ancestry of “unfriendship”, step by step
unfriendship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English friendship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | friendship | The condition of being friends; A friendly... |
| 2 | Middle English | frendshipe | Alternative form of frendschip |
| 3 | Old English | frēondsċipe | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | friundskapi | friendship |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |