Where does “unscrupulousness” come from?
unscrupulousness (English) comes from English unscrupulous, from English scrupulous, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
unscrupulousness (English): the state of being unscrupulous
Definitions
- the state of being unscrupulous
Ancestry of “unscrupulousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unscrupulous | Without scruples; immoral; Contemptuous of what... |
| 2 | English | scrupulous | Exactly and carefully conducted; Having scruples... |
| 3 | Middle French | scrupuleux | — |
| 4 | Latin | scrūpulōsus | full of sharp stones |
| 5 | Latin | scrūpulus | a small, sharp or pointed stone |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |