Etymograph

English

injust

Injust comes from Old French injuste.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400injuste
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1689injust

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400injuste
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1689injust

Earliest quotation: 1689, Bartolome de las Casas: “And this also is as really true as the…”

Formed from in- + just

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, right’

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Old Latin iovestos

Latin iūstus ‘just, righteous’

Old French juste

Middle English juste

English just

Every English word from Old French injuste

Today it means

adj Unjust, unfair.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old French injuste / injust

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