Where does “unsinful” come from?
unsinful (English) comes from English sinful, from Middle English synful, from Old English synful, from Old English synn, from Proto-West Germanic sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts — to be.
unsinful (English): Not sinful
Definitions
- Not sinful
Ancestry of “unsinful”, step by step
unsinful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sinful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sinful | constituting a sin; being morally or religiously... |
| 2 | Middle English | synful | Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin |
| 3 | Old English | synful | sinful; a sinner |
| 4 | Old English | synn | sin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnju | responsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |