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Where does “unperegal” come from?

unperegal (English) comes 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.

unperegal (English): unequal

Definitions

  1. unequal

Ancestry of “unperegal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishun-—
2Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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