Etymology

unsocial

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Today it means: Not social. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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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*sekʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  12. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  13. Latinsokios
  14. Latinsocius
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Latinsociāli
  18. Middle Frenchsocia
  19. Englishsocial
  20. English todayunsocial

From un- + social.

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