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Where does “unmisgiving” come from?

unmisgiving (English) comes from English misgiving, from English misgive, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre — passed , crossed.

unmisgiving (English): Without misgivings

Definitions

  1. Without misgivings

Ancestry of “unmisgiving”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmisgivingdoubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
2EnglishmisgiveTo give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute; To...
3EnglishgiveTo move, shift, provide something abstract or...
4EnglishforegiveTo give ahead of time; give in advance
5Englishfore-Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or...
6EnglishForeA people of Papua New Guinea
7GermanFahr—
8GermanFähreferry
9Middle High Germanverren—
10Old High Germanferranafrom afar
11Old High Germanferroafar; skipper
12Proto-West Germanic*ferrō—
13Proto-Germanicferraifar, distant
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-nóy—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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