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- Old English · inherited fromuncristen“unchristian”
- Middle English · inherited fromuncristen
- English todayunchristian
Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.