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Where does “unneighborliness” come from?

unneighborliness (English) comes from English unneighborly, from English neighborly, from English neighbor, from Middle English neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr, from Proto-West Germanic nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz — to reach, to attain.

unneighborliness (English): The quality of being unneighborly

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unneighborly

Ancestry of “unneighborliness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunneighborlyAlternative spelling of unneighbourly
2EnglishneighborlyUS standard spelling of neighbourly
3EnglishneighborUS standard spelling of neighbour
4Middle Englishneyghebour—
5Old Englishnēahġebūrneighbour
6Proto-West Germanicnāhwagabūrō—
7Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
8Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain
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