Where does “unlust” come from?
unlust (Middle English) comes from Old English unlust, from Proto-Germanic unlustuz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
Ancestry of “unlust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | unlust | displeasure, dislike |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | unlustuz | apathy, listlessness, lack of desire |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unlust”