Where does “unnefarious” come from?
unnefarious (English) comes from English nefarious, from Latin nefārius, from Latin nefās, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
unnefarious (English): Not nefarious
Definitions
- Not nefarious
Ancestry of “unnefarious”, step by step
unnefarious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nefarious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nefarious | Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked,... |
| 2 | Latin | nefārius | nefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsome |
| 3 | Latin | nefās | wrong; (moral) offense; wicked act; misdeed or misdoing |
| 4 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 5 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |