Etymology

unjust

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Today it means: Not fair, just or right. Full definition →

English just ← Middle English juste ← Old French juste
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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*h₂ey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
  12. Proto-Italic*jowos
  13. Latiniūstus
  14. Old Frenchjuste
  15. Middle Englishjuste
  16. Englishjust
  17. English todayunjust

From un- + just.

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