Where does “unnegligent” come from?

unnegligent (English) comes from English negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligens, from Latin negligō.

unnegligent (English): Not negligent

Definitions

  1. Not negligent

Ancestry of “unnegligent”, step by step

unnegligent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English negligent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnegligentCareless, without appropriate or sufficient...
2Old Frenchnegligent—
3LatinnegligensAlternative form of neglegēns
4Latinnegligō—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Latin negligō →Every word from Latin negligens →Every word from Old French negligent →