Where does “unprejudice” come from?
unprejudice (English) comes from English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, from Latin praeiūdicium, from Latin iūdicium, from Latin iūdicō, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unprejudice (English): Absence of prejudice
Definitions
- Absence of prejudice
Ancestry of “unprejudice”, step by step
unprejudice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prejudice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prejudice | An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand... |
| 2 | Old French | prejudice | harm; damage; prejudgment; prejudice |
| 3 | Latin | praeiūdicium | precedent, example |
| 4 | Latin | iūdicium | judgment, decision |
| 5 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 6 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |