Where does “ignorant” come from?

Ignorant comes from Old French ignorant, meaning unaware or lacking knowledge.

ignorant (English): Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by...

Definitions

  1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by...

Ancestry of “ignorant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchignorant—
2Latinignōrānsunknowing, being ignorant of
3Latinignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “ignorant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →
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