Etymology

unforgiving

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Today it means: Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy. Full definition →

English forgiving ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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unforgiving · adjective1

  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. Englishforgiving
  9. English todayunforgiving

From un- + forgiving.

unforgiving · verb2

From unforgive + -ing.

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