Where does “unjustified” come from?

Unjustified derives from English justify, from Latin iustus meaning just or rightful, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning being or entity.

unjustified (English): Not justified; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Not justified; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “unjustified”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
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

Words derived from “unjustified”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →