Etymology

unaltruistically

Today it means: In an unaltruistic manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English unaltruistic
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

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. Englishunaltruistic
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  24. Proto-Germanic*līką
  25. English todayunaltruistically

From unaltruistic + -ally.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.