Where does “unhonesty” come from?

unhonesty (English) comes from Middle English unhoneste, 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.

unhonesty (English): dishonesty

Definitions

  1. dishonesty

Ancestry of “unhonesty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunhonestedishonourable, base, low
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old English un- →