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Where does “iniquite” come from?

iniquite (Middle English) comes from Old French iniquité, from Latin inīquitās, from Latin inīquus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

iniquite (Middle English): malevolence, maliciousness, iniquity; enmity,...

Definitions

  1. malevolence, maliciousness, iniquity; enmity,...

Ancestry of “iniquite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchiniquité—
2Latininīquitās—
3Latininīquus—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “iniquite”

  • iniquity
  • iniquitous
  • iniquitously
  • iniquitousness
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