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Where does “unprayerful” come from?

unprayerful (English) comes from English prayerful, from English prayer, from English pray, from Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Latin precor, from Latin prex.

unprayerful (English): Not prayerful

Definitions

  1. Not prayerful

Ancestry of “unprayerful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprayerfulThat prays frequently; characterised by prayer,...
2EnglishprayerA practice of communicating with one's God; An...
3EnglishprayTo direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to...
4Middle Englishpreiento pray
5Anglo-NormanpreierAlternative form of proiier
6Old Frenchproiierto pray; to pray; to beg; to implore; to beg
7LatinprecorI beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill...
8Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
9Proto-Italicpreks—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →