Etymology

unconstitutional

Today it means: Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution. Full definition →

First used 18th C.English constitutional ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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  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. Englishconstitutional
  9. English todayunconstitutional

From un- + constitutional.

First known use, by meaning

  • 18th C. Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.