Etymology

amoral

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Today it means: Done without consideration for morality or immorality. Full definition →

English moral ← Middle English moral ← Old French mora
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*mōs
  9. Latinmōs
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinmōrālis
  13. Old Frenchmora
  14. Middle Englishmoral
  15. Englishmoral
  16. English todayamoral

From a- (“not”) + moral.

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