Etymology

unmoral

U1N1M3O1R1A1L1

Today it means: Not applicable for moral consideration. Full definition →

English moral ← Middle English moral ← Old French mora
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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*med-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  10. Proto-Italic*mōs
  11. Latinmōs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinmōrālis
  15. Old Frenchmora
  16. Middle Englishmoral
  17. Englishmoral
  18. English todayunmoral

From un- + moral.

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