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Where does “unjustifiedly” come from?

unjustifiedly (English) comes from English unjustified, from English Un-, 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.

unjustifiedly (English): Without justification; in an unjustified manner

Definitions

  1. Without justification; in an unjustified manner

Ancestry of “unjustifiedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunjustifiedNot justified; simple past tense and past...
2EnglishUn-—
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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