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Where does “unhypocritically” come from?

unhypocritically (English) comes from English unhypocritical, from English hypocritical, from English hypocritic, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής, from Ancient Greek ὑποκρίνομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-.

unhypocritically (English): Without hypocrisy

Definitions

  1. Without hypocrisy

Ancestry of “unhypocritically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunhypocriticalNot hypocritical
2EnglishhypocriticalCharacterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite
3EnglishhypocriticSynonym of hypocritical; A hypocrite
4Ancient Greekὑποκριτικός—
5Ancient Greekὑποκριτήςone who answers: interpreter, expounder; stage...
6Ancient Greekὑποκρίνομαιto answer; to interpret; to dialogue, to answer...
7Ancient Greekῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω—
8Ancient Greekῠ̔πο-under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath
9Ancient Greekὑπό
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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