Where does “unproving” come from?

unproving (English) comes from English proving, from Middle English provyng, from Old English prōfung.

unproving (English): Not offering or not constituting proof

Definitions

  1. Not offering or not constituting proof

Ancestry of “unproving”, step by step

unproving traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English proving

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprovingpresent participle of prove; Experimentation to...
2Middle Englishprovyng
3Old Englishprōfung

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Old English prōfungEvery word from Middle English provyngEvery word from English proving