Etymology

unaltruistic

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Today it means: Not altruistic. Full definition →

English altruistic ← French altruisme ← Old French autrui
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  10. Proto-Italic*aljos
  11. Proto-Italic*aliteros
  12. Latinalterī
  13. Vulgar Latin*alterui
  14. Old Frenchautrui
  15. Frenchautrui
  16. Frenchaltruisme
  17. Englishaltruism
  18. Englishaltruist
  19. Englishaltruistic
  20. English todayunaltruistic

From un- + altruistic.

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