Etymology

unindifferently

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Today it means: Not unconcernedly. Full definition →

English unindifferent ← Old French indifferent ← Latin indifferēns
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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*n̥-
  9. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  12. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  14. Proto-Italic*dis-
  15. Latindis-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  18. Proto-Italic*ferō
  19. Latinferō
  20. Latindifferō
  21. Latindifferēns
  22. Latinindifferēns
  23. Old Frenchindifferent
  24. Englishindifferent
  25. Englishindifferently
  26. Englishun-
  27. Englishindifferent
  28. Englishunindifferent
  29. English todayunindifferently

From un- + indifferently, or from unindifferent + -ly.

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