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Where does “unhateful” come from?

unhateful (English) comes from English hateful, from Middle English hateful, from Middle English hate, from Old English hatian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.

unhateful (English): Not hateful

Definitions

  1. Not hateful

Ancestry of “unhateful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhatefulEvoking a feeling of hatred; Dislikeable; Full of...
2Middle EnglishhatefulDisliked, malign, evil, revolting; Hateful,...
3Middle EnglishhateHate, hatred, anger, wroth; Something that causes...
4Old Englishhatianto hate
5Old English-ianForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
6Old English-ōjan—
7Proto-West Germanic-ōnCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
8Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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