unright

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

Verb

To make wrong.

Adv

Wrongly.

Vertalings

غير صحيح

unfair

sleale

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: unright

Geërf van Old English: unriht

Verwante met Skots: unricht

Verwante met Nederlands: onrecht

Verwante met Duits: Unrecht

Verwante met Sweeds: orätt

Geërf van Middle English: unrighten

Geërf van Old English: unrihte

In summary

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).