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Where does “unsinfully” come from?

unsinfully (English) comes from English unsinful, 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.

unsinfully (English): Without sin

Definitions

  1. Without sin

Ancestry of “unsinfully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunsinfulNot sinful
2Englishsinfulconstituting a sin; being morally or religiously...
3Middle Englishsynful—
4Old Englishsynfulsinful; a sinner
5Old Englishsynnsin
6Proto-West Germanicsunnjuresponsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety
7Proto-Germanicsunjōtruth, sooth; denial, protest
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁s-ónt-ih₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—
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