Where does “unvirtuousness” come from?
unvirtuousness (English) comes from English unvirtuous, from English un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
unvirtuousness (English): Quality of being unvirtuous
Definitions
- Quality of being unvirtuous
Ancestry of “unvirtuousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | unvirtuous | Not virtuous; having no virtue |
| 2 | English | un- | not; absent; lacking; not; negative; contrary to... |
| 3 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 4 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |