Etymology

unfilial

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Today it means: Not befitting or proper for a son. Full definition →

English filial ← Middle English filial ← Latin fīliālis
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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*dʰeh₁(y)-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁ilyós
  10. Proto-Italic*θīlios
  11. Proto-Italic*fīlios
  12. Latinfīlius
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Latinfīliālis
  16. Middle Englishfilial
  17. Englishfilial
  18. English todayunfilial

From un- + filial.

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